Women’s national team defeated 7-1 by U15 boys team

Piers Morgan has not held back after watching a national women’s team get torn apart by a side made up of 14-year-old boys.

Piers Morgan has been an outspoken figure in a war of words that has followed the Switzerland national women’s team’s defeat at the hands of an U15 boys team.

The Swiss team lost 7-1 to U15 Swiss Super League side FC Luzern in a practice game on Wednesday.

But despite the national team appearing not to take the unofficial match seriously and missing a number of key players, the result has sparked a fierce backlash as the team prepares for its Euro 2025 campaign.

Switzerland is ranked the No. 23 women’s national team on the planet and have high hopes heading into next month’s tournament, which begins July 3.

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However, that optimism appears to have disappeared in a flash after a the Swiss conceded seven goals against 14-year-old boys.

The unofficial practice match was not publicised on the Swiss national team’s social media profiles.

Still, the final scoreboard has gone viral across social media with Morgan pouring fuel on the fire of a burning debate about the issue of men competing against women in sporting contests.

“This is why we separate the sexes in sport,” he posted on X in response to a photo of Swiss national team player Alisha Lehmann.

Morgan’s comment was not well received by some social media users.

“It was a training match and every women’s team does it,” one user on X posted.

“Please grow up and realise every women’s team trains and it’s not something to use to say women’s football is cr**.”

One person responded by posting: “This is why you’re an irrelevant, opinionated sexist”.

Another wrote: “So What? Who cares? Be fair”.

Juventus star Lehmann is widely known as one of the most followed athletes in women’s football with more than 16 million Instagram followers.

That's tough to watch. Photo: Instagram @alishalehmann7.

With the war of words swirling, Lehmann shared training session photos on Instagram with a caption “work, work, work”.

The Swiss team has since moved to defend the team’s honour.

According to Swiss publication Blick, the team’s head of communications, Sven Micosse, said: “The focus during this phase of preparation is on the physical aspect.

“Regardless of the result, these training matches are very similar to our international matches in terms of intensity and mileage.”

The women’s team were missing four players, including captain and Arsenal star Lia Walti, according to Blick.

It is common for national women’s teams to use friendly matches against local men’s clubs to help condition players for tournaments.

Alisha Lehmann in action during the 2023 World Cup in Australia. Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images.

Midfielder Leila Wandeler said: “The result didn’t matter. For us, it was about testing our game principles.”

The team did not appear to take the contest very seriously, using 28 players in the 90 minute match.

The team’s defeat is still particularly concerning with Switzerland being the host nation for the Euros.

Their preparations have not been ideal.

They defeated the U15 team of Swiss third tier outfit FC Biel, before a narrow 2-1 defeat to FC Solothurn.

Now they have to turn it all around before their tournament opener against Norway on July 3.