After the national anthems, the players – both the Spanish and the Swedish – stood together in front of the stands at Gamla Ullevi and held up a banner with the slogan “#SeAcabó” (It’s over) and the addition “Our fight is the global fight”.
A clear signal that the Swedish players also stand behind the Spaniards’ fight for better conditions and against discrimination.
The gold celebrations of the Spanish world champions came to a large extent already at the awards ceremony this summer, where the then confederation chairman Luis Rubiales suddenly grabbed the attacking star Jennifer Hermoso and against her will kissed her on the mouth.
It became a trigger in a chaotic situation, where the federation and the federation captain eventually more or less forced the WC stars to return to the national team, despite the players marking that they had had enough and wanted to boycott.
Under threat of sanctions, the players sat down at the negotiating table – but received promises of a series of changes within the union in return.
All the time with support from, among other things, the Swedish national team players.
– That Spain takes the fight will be an inspiration for other countries that are going through the same things, but who may not have dared to take the fight before, said Kosovar Asllani before the game.
— If we fight together, changes will happen.