President Lula defended equality in a speech at the pre-World Cup training session of the Brazilian women’s national team; Brazil embarks for the World Cup next Monday
The president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the training Brazilian Women’s National Team this Saturday, the 1st, in an activity held at the Mané Garrincha stadium, in Brasília. commanded by technique sink sundhageBrazil will play a friendly match this Sunday, the 2nd, before heading to Oceania for the 2023 World Cup.
Lula went to training accompanied by the first lady Janja da Silva and the ministers Ana Moser (sport), Anielle Franco (racial equality) and Cida Gonçalves (woman). President of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigues was also present at the activity.
The president greeted the players of the national team and preached equal conditions between women’s and men’s sports. “We need to guarantee the practice of sports for women in the same proportion and in the same amount that men have had in their lives”said Lula.
“People evolve. I dream that one day women’s football can fill stadiums like men’s football. It is a work of politicizing society, a work of dissemination. It’s a convincing job.” added.
Ana Moser, minister of sports, also defended the optional point on days when the women’s team plays in the World Cup, as it happens in the men’s World Cup: “People evolve. I dream that one day women’s football can fill stadiums like men’s football. It is a work of politicizing society, a work of dissemination. It is a work of persuasion”he said.
Brazil did the only training session for the friendly against Chilethis Sunday, the 2nd, at 10:30 am (Brasília time), in the farewell before the trip to the 2023 World Cup, which will be played in Australia and New Zealand.
2027 World Cup
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also commented on the country’s dispute to host the 2027 Women’s Cup. He defended that it will not be necessary to build new arenas to hold the World Cup in Brazil.
“It was a World Cup in a very negative climate. Everything was said that there was corruption in the stadiums, everything. And there was no evidence of corruption in any stadium”, he said.
“In 2014, I was frustrated, because we managed to bring the World Cup here in Brazil. 2013 was hell in this country, and the World Cup was trivialized, because not even the sponsors advertised the World Cup properly. It’s been 10 years since the World Cup and in no stadium has corruption been proven. But the allegations happened.” added the president.
Source: sportbuzz
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