From the point of view of women’s soccer national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, the media marathon that she and her players have completed in the past few weeks has paid off.
“It’s nice that the media are willing to look at us, at least temporarily,” said the 54-year-old before the German team’s first European Championship group game against Denmark on Friday (9 p.m. / ZDF and DAZN) at the Brentford Community Stadium from London. “I hope that stays a bit more sustainable.”
At the moment she has the feeling that the reporting is “very fair, very objective, very benevolent”. The DFB women, who are usually overshadowed by the men’s national team, gave a lot of interviews before the tournament. More public visibility is also one of the goals of the German Football Association to promote women’s football. In addition, the players revealed a lot of personal information in a TV documentary (“Born for this – more than football”).
Voss-Tecklenburg sees all of this as a “huge opportunity that we can be role models on other levels besides football. I’ve read many outstanding interviews from our players, where there is a lot of content, where a lot comes across,” she said.