Jill, the last time we said, we discussed how football became much more progressive since you started professionally more than 30 years ago; Nevertheless, we saw how players like Jess Carter should move away from social networks from racism received online. We achieved progress with fans, broadcasting and increasing the wages of players, but as the sport is becoming more and more, then hatred. How can we start correcting the abuse that players can get online?
I think that when I spoke with you in the Champions League final, I conducted a campaign with Heineken and I think that it performs excellent work around different aspects of the female game. At this moment, we conducted a sexism campaign and really simply emphasized how a women's game could get a lot of negativity on social networks.
Now the situation Jess Carter really made me upset me not only as a football player, but also as a person. This is a player who continued to represent his country made his family so proud and had this dream to be a little girl to play football for England, and she did it so well to then get racist messages on the Internet, just heartbreaking. So, we know that a lot of work should be done. I think that these social networks platforms should put things in which these messages cannot filter. Jess now took a position and said: “I am leaving social networks,” but should she do it? No. This is what we all need to become better. I always say that we can continue to insist, we can continue to try to do things better, but I think that here we understand that we need to do more.
I hope that Jess can continue to play football with a smile on the face, because although there are people who say these things, I know that there are many people who support and respect her and think that she is an excellent player.
I think it was great to see other teams, regardless of whether you support England, everyone raised after them to make sure that Jess knows that it is supported
Yes, definitely. I think that people cannot believe that these things are still happening, but the reality is that they are, and this is what we need to solve. The football world is going here and is trying to get messages there. In order for Jess to go out and talk about it, it will definitely help the next generation of players, and I think that she was very bold to do it. As you can see, our teammates support her, fans support her, and this is not only her country, but also all other nations.
