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While the Women’s Football World Cup began in New Zealand on Thursday July 20, more and more French people are following the event. Women’s football hopes to take advantage of the competition to continue to grow.
Football fever ignites the stadium in Auckland (New Zealand), Thursday, July 20. 37,000 people in unison are present for the kick-off of the 9th Women’s World Cup. 8,900 kilometers away, in Normandy, young players can already see themselves there. They will not miss any match of the France team. “The cry of the stadiums, all the players playing, it really makes you want to do the same thing. This is also why I wanted to start football (…)“, confides Ambrine, 14, football player Club Féminin Houlgatais Collé.
The number of practitioners on the rise
A wider audience is interested in women’s football. As a result, the number of practitioners of this sport, already on the rise since 2011, has increased more rapidly in recent years. To convince the most reluctant that the women’s game has nothing to envy to that of the men, a clip suggests by faking the images that it is the players of the French men’s team who are performing spectacular actions. But for Louisa Necib, a former footballer, France is lagging behind its European neighbors.