MADRID, 3 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The 23 internationals of the English soccer team that were proclaimed champions of Europe last Sunday at Wembley ask Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, the two candidates to be Prime Minister, that if they are elected they increase investment in women’s soccer so that “the dreams” of future generations “also come true.
Taking advantage of the pull of the conquest of the European Championship in England, the soccer players have sent a letter to Truss and Sunak to remind them that “history was made on Sunday night” and that “the dreams of 23 women came true”.
“Throughout the European Championship, as a team we talk about our legacy and our goal to inspire a nation. Many will think this has already been achieved, but we see this as just the beginning. We are looking to the future. We want to create change. in this country and we ask that, if they become Prime Minister on September 5, they help us achieve that change”, underlines the letter posted on the official ‘Twitter’ profile of the English team.
The internationals emphasize their desire that “all the girls in the nation can play soccer at school”, something that does not happen now since only “63 percent in Physical Education classes” can do so. “The reality is that we are inspiring young girls to play football, only for many to end up going to school and not being able to play”, they point out, without forgetting that they also experienced this situation in their time, but that, “despite of adversity”, they continued “playing soccer”.
The internationals detail that “women’s football has come a long way”, but it still has “to go”, and ask the two candidates to “make sure that all girls have access to a minimum of two hours a week of Physical Education”, and that it also invest and support women who teach this subject. “Their role is crucial and they are key role models so that so many young girls can appear,” they add.
For the European champions, despite achieving “incredible progress in women’s football”, those who come from behind “deserve more”. “They deserve to play football at lunchtime and in PE classes and they deserve to believe that one day they will be able to play for England. We want their dreams to come true too,” they say.
“This is an opportunity to make a big difference. A change that will impact the lives of millions of girls and us, the 23
members of the senior EURO women’s team, we ask you to make investing in women’s football a priority in the
schools so that every girl has that option,” they say.