Danish star Pernille Harder, on a daily basis in the reigning English champions Chelsea, thinks that the focus has been misdirected in the attempt to reduce the gap between women's and men's football.

The 28-year-old accepts that the salaries of the players are not the same, and that they may never be.

But she wants the opportunities to become football professionals to be more and better for female football players.

- There are many good football academies for boys, but where are the academies for girls?

Girls need to fight to find places with good training and good coaches.

I think this is the biggest problem that needs to be fixed, so that girls can get to a good training facility at an early age, she says in the podcast Weplaystrong.

- I had my mother as a coach until I was fourteen years old.

Nothing wrong with my mother, but I could have had a better coach.

Fewer plans

Chelsea bought Harder from German Wolfsburg last autumn, for the record sum of three million kroner.

And she thinks it's professional in the London club.

- I think they try to do the same as the men's team.

But the difference is that we have maybe three physiotherapists, and they have 15. And we have two football pitches, while they have ten.

That is probably the biggest difference.

Chelsea lead the WSL, the Women's Super League, after twelve rounds.

As many points as Manchester United, but with a better goal difference.

Harder, who has scored four goals and three assists, is a teammate with three national team Swedes.

The diamond ball winner also cohabitant Magdalena Eriksson, Jonna Andersson and goalkeeper Zećira Mušović.