The future of the women’s game has never looked brighter but keeping fans interested after the World Cup is vital to its growth
The Women’s World Cup has been a tournament we will look back on as the point when all of our longstanding expectation of what women’s football could be was realised. You just have to look at television viewing figures around the world, which have been better than anything the men’s game has managed this year with nearly 12 million people tuning in to watch England’s semi-final defeat by USA and another 25 million in Brazil watching their last-16 game. That is immense.
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Written by Eni Aluko
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/jul/09/womens-world-cup-football-eni-aluko under the title “People have fallen for women’s football. We must ensure it’s a long-term relationship | Eni Aluko”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
