Mosquement in England for the Marbella stage: “It doesn’t help everyone”

In England The English women’s football team’s brief stint in the Algeciraswhere on Friday he played and won a friendly match Austria (7-2). Although the benign climate of southern Spain was praised for this type of gathering, not even a thousand people attended the game. And that – they believe – is a very bad promotion for the Lionesses and for women’s football in general.

The match was announced on January 31, just over three weeks before the clash, so (they say) it’s no wonder that participation was so low. They believe that it would have been better if it had been played on the soil of either of the contenders: England or Austria. But not on neutral ground.

Sarina Wiegman, coach of England, regretted the small presence of the public, but ignored this matter: “What we chose for this stage was to go abroad to have the best conditions. The field where we train is very beautiful and so is the weather. But of course, of course when we come back to England we want a full stadium and we want it here too.”

This is what ‘The Telegraph’ wrote: “The almost empty stands at the Nuevo Mirador Stadium broadcast live on ITV1 look scary. It is a cruel irony that England’s Nations League matches, such as the thrilling 3-2 victory over the Netherlands in front of a raucous crowd at Wembley in December, are broadcast on ITV4, and instead the friendlies that it in the empty stands behind the same goal. which was selected for the main ITV channel in a prime time slot on a Friday night“.

“For women’s football, it was a disappointing showing. Furthermore, it should have been announced before. So while this February escapade could make a huge difference to the Lionesses’ long-term sporting success, there’s no escaping the fact that, at the same time, a match of this nature is bad for the fans, for the environment And in the end. , for women’s football“.