Pending women's football, Gama: give us certainties

    "If football thinks of saving only men, not women, then it won't save itself."
    The effect of the pandemic, the Telegraph also takes sides - with reversed certainties and women's championships in full storm - on the side of Italy coach Milena Bertolini, convinced that "women will save football". Now that all the movement has to be secured, the acclaimed soccer players seem to have returned to the last place until a few months ago, as the editorial of the English newspaper points out. And Sara Gama, for Italy, launches an alarm cry: "We need an ad hoc protocol for our Serie A and professionalism".
    A couple of weeks at most and even the women's Serie A will know its future. However, compared to the top men's championship, which now seems to be heading towards recovery, uncertainty is the master. The issues to be resolved are linked to the applicability of the health protocols and the availability of contributions from the Football Association. In these days there will be a confrontation with the 12 clubs registered for the tournament, but in the meantime during the Federal Council yesterday, the captain of the National and Juventus, Sara Gama, as advisor at the top of the athletes for the Association called for clarity on to do. And depending on the desired recovery, he explains to ANSA, "we expect equal health protection for our male colleagues, that an ad hoc protocol is drawn up because that of the amateurs is not good for us to resume. We also await the resources to return to train and live as professionals as we are ". And this is because "the players today are aware of being professional in all respects and therefore expect an official recognition of their status".
    At the moment, in the amateur scene, the women's Serie A is in fact the only competition that has not been declared closed and that remains outstanding with 37 games still to be played. "What matters is the qualitative leap - underlines Gama -: you have to come to professionalism. We are at a crossroads, but in times of crisis there are also great possibilities, you can reform". The game remains to be played and, as recalled by the president of the women's football division Ludovica Mantovani, "the choice to still believe in the conclusion of our elite championship, which is only 6 days away, is a challenge that the female players, including we find the sporting heritage of our National A team, they will welcome with enthusiasm given their determination and dedication. This pause for reflection, which puts our Serie A in a unique situation within the Federation, must be seen as an opportunity. "
    In the world, attention to the women's sector remains high. Fifa, for example, has planned to spend a billion dollars until 2022 in development programs and just today announced a collaboration with the world union (Fifpro) to accelerate the growth of professional women's football and mitigate the impact of the pandemic of coronavirus. Even in England the theme is very topical, so much so that The Telegraph has openly sided by stressing the fact that "if men's football is saved while women's football is left to itself, football will not have been saved at all. It will be regressed. The rise of women's football and the favorable mood of recent years will prove to be a mirage. " An alarm cry that goes hand in hand with that of the strongest footballer of all time, the 34-year-old Brazilian Marta, who, always interviewed by the British newspaper, said: "I believe that the next generation of footballers must work harder. We must continue to send this message because we need support. In order for women's football to have rights, they must persevere. They cannot give up. "(ANSA).