(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 26 – After two years of work, the FIGC has completed the process that brings women’s football to professionalism from next July 1st. “A news that involves all those women who have fought and still fight for equality and equal opportunities” told the captain of Roma Women, Elisa Bartoli to ANSA. “I can say that our strength, our perseverance, our courage and our love have allowed us to go further – he continued – Beyond prejudices, in addition to the offenses that unfortunately we have often had to suffer. Our union was ours. victory”. The satisfaction is great for a movement that has grown more and more in recent years. “The perception and interest of women’s football – explained Bartoli – have changed with the advent of professional teams, which have contributed to raising the level of the championship and consequently of the Italian national team. And it is no coincidence that in the World Cup 2019 Italy finished among the top eight in the world and of those eight we were the only amateur national team “. Something that will never happen again, starting this summer with the English European Championship. A decision that “will be able to demonstrate even more the potential and strength of our football”, he continued. An appeal that grew after the World Cup, according to Bartoli.
“The interest of the public has increased a lot, the fans in the stands for the championship matches have increased and I feel like I want to make a special thanks to our Roma fans who are truly magnificent, and season after season they have increased their presence at the Tre Fontane” . Thanks also extended to the institutions of the world of football. “In recent years there has been more and more talk of professionalism in women’s football, so I thank the institutions and all the people who worked so that we could win this battle. In my small way I must say that, even if up to now my status is that of my companions has always been that of amateurs, Roma allowed us to train in a professional and highly qualified context, an environment in which every player deserves to work “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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