Like all the best strikers Vivianne Miedema cuts to the chase quickly. The conversation has turned to the Norwegian Football Association reaching an agreement to give equal pay to its male and female teams and why, even in a time of supposed enlightenment, that kind of progressive move rubbed a few people up the wrong way. “I don’t know,” Miedema says. “Their egos maybe.” Holland edge past Denmark in thriller to secure Euro 2017 title Read more Women’s football is on the rise in the Netherlands but Miedema wants more. On a grey afternoon at Arsenal’s training ground in London Colney, the engaging and forthright Dutch forward pauses for a moment to reflect on the relentless...
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