She believes that women’s football does not have to follow the path of men to validate itself. Alicia Ferguson, aged 41, former captain of the Australia women’s national soccer team (aka “Matildas”) strives for gender equality among athletes in the sport, but fails to see the need to arouse passions often tainted with violence or even by salaries reaching shocking numbers. “What does an individual do with so much money? He has a totally distorted view of reality, of himself and his place in the world,” he says.
Born in Brisbane, in 1981, Alicia is in Portugal to promote the Women’s Football World Cup, which takes place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20 (in which our squad participates) and to see what happens between us , with visits to the academies of Benfica (Seixal) and Alcochete (Sporting). An activity she enjoys doing since, after she retired in 2007, she is still connected to football as a television commentator, first on ABC and for several years now on ESPN. In 2022, he took an active part in a Disney+ series dedicated to the history of the Australia women’s national football team.
Source: DN
