It’s not a shot at the squad. Not a magic dribble. Nor millimetric help. It’s better. Alexia Putellas caused everyone present at the event where the Parliament of Catalonia passed the Medal in the Gold category The women of FC Barcelona rose from their seats and applauded for several minutes during the protest speech of the Barça team captain. Not only for the defense of women in the face of regrettable cases as done by the former president of the Federation, Luis Rubialesbut also for the support he asked for women’s football from those who could provide it: the leaders of Catalonia.
“This distinction is a source of pride; it represents, without a doubt, a paradigm shift because society is changing and demanding it: women must be central to the development of Catalan society. It is unthinkable five years ago, but it is happening and that means this medal also belongs to everyone who helped us,” he began Alexia.
The midfielder appreciates that “as Barça we help make society fairer because our successes make us role models for men and women. That’s a responsibility, but we need more help so that it’s not a trend.”
Alexia is vengeful: “To those who listen to me here, I want to ask for more support for women’s football, more subsidies, more fields and more support from the indigenous people. We received many testimonies from young girls who don’t have fields or leagues to play in, girls have We have to have the same tools as the children. We are making steps forward, Barça invests and I encourage other clubs to do that too because it has already seen that if they do so they will win. We did not think about winning what we won or how we won it, nor fill in the “Camp Nou”.
The ‘Rubiales case’, without being named, also came up in his speech Alexia: “No woman in or out of football should experience a situation of contempt, disrespect or abuse, we need consensus, courage and leadership, we will not stop fighting, those who fought before us deserve it -we must, we and the boys and girls who will follow us deserve it. We will not fail you.”
Source: La Verdad
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