‘Everyone watches women’s sport’: HSV star sends out powerful message! | OneFootball

HSV youngster Otto Stange used the DFB Cup quarterfinal of the women’s team against FC Bayern to send a clear message.

The 19-year-old mingled with the more than 10,000 attendees at the Volksparkstadion on Wednesday and supported HSV’s women players. Stange watched the Hanseatic women, who were ultimately without a chance, lose clearly 0-3 to the double winners from Munich despite a valiant fight.

Nevertheless, the young striker, who has just returned to Hamburg from Elversberg, experienced a highly entertaining football evening. An evening he also used to make a strong statement. Stange wore a white T-shirt with the words “Everyone watches Women’s Sports” printed in black letters.

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The recipient of this message was likely Mario Basler, among others. Fifteen years ago, the 1996 European champion provocatively wrote in a Bild column: “Football is not for women.” When women step onto a pitch, they should “rather set up a net and play tennis. That’s sexy.”

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In a recently released podcast series by SWR, called “Der letzte Typ” (“The Last Guy”), the 57-year-old was confronted with these statements by host Katharina Reckers. But there was no sign of a change of heart. “I stand by it: It’s not a women’s sport,” said Basler. “It has nothing to do with football. Just when women run, when they shoot, when they tackle. When do you ever see a tackle from a lady, a woman?”

The HSV women’s players didn’t let these statements go unanswered for long and invited Basler twice via social media to the quarterfinal against Bayern. “Hi Mario, you’ve been rather… critical of women’s football lately. So we thought: instead of discussing it at length, we’ll just invite you,” they wrote on Instagram, among other places. However, Basler declined the invitation, as he was performing his podcast show “Basler ballert” at the Stadttheater Euskirchen at the same time. Otto Stange’s message, however, is unlikely to have escaped his attention.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.