Virginie Phulpin 07:25, February 08, 2022

Every day, the morning of Europe 1 returns to one of the sporting events which makes the news.

This Tuesday, Virginie Phulpin is interested in the charge of Lyon footballer, Ada Hegerberg, against the FFF.

On Twitter, she criticizes the FFF for its lack of investment in the French Women's Championship.

Ada Hegerberg shakes up the French football federation.

The Swede from Olympique Lyonnais criticizes France's candidacy for Euro 2025 and the abandoned women's championship.

It would be nice to listen to it. 

Ada Hegerberg does not have her tongue in her pocket.

And so much the better.

Football needs players like her.

The French football federation is a candidate for the organization of Euro 2025 women's football.

And the federation is gargling this initiative.

As if it were the ultimate proof of an unfailing commitment.

Ada Hegerberg has set foot in the dish.

“Organizing international competitions is good.

Investing in our championship is better.

We are picking up and the 2019 World Cup had no impact.

Difficult to make more direct.

It's one of the characteristics of this great OL striker, the first women's golden ball in 2018. A voice that carries, on and off the pitch.

And she is right.

Organizing major competitions is not enough.

If it's to rave for 15 days, fill the stadiums,

building TV ratings and then dropping the soufflé pretending the job had been done is useless.

This is exactly what happened for the 2019 World Cup in France.

And don't tell me it's because women's football doesn't interest anyone.

We have to stop taking things backwards.

It is by giving impetus to a movement that we will inspire the public.

Not the opposite. 

We can take the example of England

This is where the Euro will take place this summer.

But the English do not see this competition at all as an enchanted parenthesis to be politically correct, before resuming the normal course of football life, with the men.

Not at all.

They understood the importance of women's football.

They also understood what it could bring them big, that's for sure.

It's been 4 years since they pulled out all the stops, and they were starting from afar, with a dying women's championship, a few teams struggling to get by.

Today it is the championship with the highest value in the world.

With TV rights of 8 million euros per year.

The clubs restructured, they had to pay their players correctly, it pulled everyone up.

And it works !

Today England has become the place to be for star footballers.

The championship is homogeneous, competitive, there are real rivalries, with posters that are played in large full stadiums.

The machine is launched.

The Euro is a logical continuation of this policy, not a moment that came out of nowhere.

While France is a candidate to organize Euro 2025, very well.

But on condition that we don't repeat the same mistakes as for the 2019 World Cup. We should listen to players like Ada Hegerberg more often.