Furious Matildas star Melissa Barbieri hits Anthony Albanese with F-bomb outburst about huge problem with women's football in Australia

Former Matildas captain Melissa Barbieri has slammed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Australian government about the lack of money in the World Game domestically. Barbieri, who made 86 appearances for the national side between 2002-2015, raised the issue of funding when responding to reports that Aussies could get a public holiday should the Matildas make the World Cup final. 'Albanese keeps talking about this freaking public holiday - how about you just f***king fund our sport properly,' Barbieri wrote on Twitter. '35 weeks to play ALeague for a minimum $25k for a female which most are on is not ok. 'Coaches on min (wage) .. worse if you're female… worse if you need food or petrol.' Ex-Matildas skipper Melissa Barbieri has slammed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Australian government over funding for football 'Albanese keeps talking about this freaking public holiday - how about you just f***king fund our sport properly,' Barbieri wrote on Twitter Many football fans posted in agreement with Barbieri about the lack of funding in Australia. 'Football fans need to tell the various Governments Fed & State to shove their hollow gestures of Public Holidays, keys to the city etc Facilities and $$$ are the only sign of respect we should be willing to accept,' said one fan. 'Pay up or push off - these politicians are happy to bask in the glory yet consistently give football cents in the dollar compared to what afl gets,' said another. Others believed the ex-Matilda was barking up the wrong tree. 'A-League/W-League pay has f**k all to do with the government,' replied one Twitter user. 'Pull some crowds and get a decent television rights deal then you would get paid more,' said another. 'It's not up to the government to fund a domestic soccer league,' replied a third. Earlier in the year, Socceroos coach Graham Arnold blasted the lopsided funding in sports Down Under. Football is having an extraordinary month Down Under thanks to the Women’s World Cup Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has previously complained about lopsided funding in sports 'How can you have a culture when you don't have a home? We don't have a high performance centre to help players recover from flights and prepare for games,' Arnold told News Corp. 'While I am grateful for Leichhardt Oval, it's embarrassing. We train on a rugby league field in a rugby league stadium – and it costs us $1500 (in fees) to do it. 'Where does the motivation come from for our players? 'I tell them we're training at Leichhardt and you can see it on their faces. Our overseas players have flights to Australia 10 times a year and they don't have any facilities here or backing.' Arnold has had enough of watching NRL and AFL clubs secure big government grants for first-class new facilities. 'Everyone wants to jump on board when we actually get to a World Cup but what about helping us get there? It's pretty sad when you're among the top three most popular teams in Australia and you're homeless,' said Arnold. 'We would be the only nation in the top 100 countries, out of 252 football nations, that doesn't have a home of football. 'I am a fan of all sports but it seems lop-sided in terms of what we get compared to what the other sports get. 'Why not us? Why don't we get funding? If other sports get it, why can't we?'