Spain's women's football team has seen progress following their World Cup win, with Irene Paredes noting that societal barriers have begun to break down. Their European final appearance has attracted massive viewership, with 3.3 million watching their semi-final. Paredes emphasizes the importance of normalizing women's football, while acknowledging ongoing challenges. Despite adverse incidents related to the Spanish Football Federation, coach Montse Tome is optimistic, focusing the team’s energy on football and drawing lessons from past matches. She expresses confidence in the team's efforts to succeed in upcoming competitions.
Many of us have grown up thinking that playing football was not our place. At that time, that's how I felt. Since then, firm steps have been taken forward.
We have to keep opening doors and normalising situations. At that time, after the press conference, with the victory, many walls were torn down.
We are a team, they are players that have been fighting, working, with energy and now they are able to focus energy on football, she said.
In the elite football world it's not always the case [that you win] but we'll do everything to try, tomorrow.
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