“Getting a lot of comments”: WG player Leandra Flury opens up about the sexism scandal

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It’s really tough talk that classification player Leandra Flury (24) has to listen to from two spectators during the cup quarter-final against FCB (1:2 ash). They make loud moaning noises and shout “hot ass” at her while the substitute is warming up. When she wanted to take an energy bar with her shortly before her mission, she was sexually assaulted again by the stands. “Ah yes, cool, give it to the bar and you will get fatter,” said one of the men.

Flury does not want to accept the incident so easily and decides to make it public on Instagram this week. “If we accept such statements unnoticed, they will continue to occur and we will unconsciously legitimize them,” the footballer told Blick. “The awareness of all of us, including myself, needs to be raised so that in the future, other people can intervene in such incidents and immediately report discrimination.”

GC and FCB want to identify perpetrators

She received so many comments on her Instagram story that she has not yet been able to respond to all messages. “There was a lot of support from a wide variety of fans, sports and cities. People of all genders have thanked me for standing up and speaking about it publicly,” Flury says. “There were also many men who showed solidarity.”

Although Flury shows the two men censored in her Instagram story, she also wants to ensure that the perpetrators’ behavior does not remain without consequences. The ranking player receives support from her club. “We are aware that this incident is unfortunately not an isolated case. We take the issue of sexual harassment very seriously and are committed to the well-being of our players,” the Hoppers women’s division said in a statement. “Together with FC Basel, we are working to identify the people and will hold them accountable accordingly.”

FCB also says that offenders should expect immediate consequences. Although this is an important signal for Flury, she advocates further measures. “The league and clubs need to think about what they can do preventively to protect players from such incidents in the future,” he said.

“People like that don’t belong in our games.”

The waves caused by the incident in Swiss football extend to the Costa del Sol, where the national team is on a training camp in Marbella. “Fortunately, I personally have not experienced such things very often,” says captain and Arsenal professional Lia Wälti (30). “But that could also be because a lot of things go in one ear and out the other.”

In England, perhaps the most popular women’s league in Europe, there are also such comments from fans. “But because there are more spectators in the stadiums, such negative examples are less noticeable,” Wälti explains. However, for the national player it is clear: “The people who make such comments do not belong at our matches.” It is therefore all the more important that players draw public attention to such incidents. Leandra Flury has now done that.

Source : Blick