Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg has issued a scathing response to FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a bizarre speech about women’s football.
Football’s governing body president’s speech again drew backlash, with Mr Infantino urging women to fight for change, addressing the FIFA Women’s Football Convention: I tell all women that you have the power to change. Choose the right battles. Pick the right fights. You have the power to change. You have the power to convince us men of what we must do.
Former Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg took the lead in the responses, mocking on Twitter: “I’m working on a little presentation to convince the men. Who’s leaving ? »
Infantino says this like women haven’t been banging on the door of football for over a century. it’s not women who lack the initiative or the knowledge or the ideas, it’s because men still own the house and haven’t let us in! https://t.co/XVU5xnsUf7
— Samantha Lewis (@battledinosaur) August 18, 2023
Ada Hegerberg’s reaction was one of many exasperated reactions of the day. Australian journalist Samantha Lewis was also offended by this outing: “Infantino says this as if women haven’t knocked on football’s door in over a century. It’s not the women who lack initiative, knowledge or ideas, it’s because the men still own the house and they didn’t let us in! »
