translated from Spanish: “Chiqui” tapia confirmed financial support from AFA to women’s soccer

women’s football is experiencing a growing sport and from logistics, with a local competition that each day is more competitive. However, large leg missing is the money to professionalize the sport and that the players can be free to devote himself exclusively to his career. Today, AFA seems to have taken an important step. In the presentation of the World Cup in the women’s world, on the grounds of Ezeiza, the President of the Argentine football association, Claudio Tapia, announced that he will accompany 16 Argentine clubs, who have that branch of the sport, with financial assistance for the development.
“Professionalism in the local tournaments will take some time. The clubs will have to be prepared from the infrastructure for women’s football can continue to grow”,”Chiqui”, which was accompanied by the torfeo and the representatives of France 2019 world wide said: Sara Booth, Director of female competitions of FIFA, and the player and Ambassador Spanish Verónica Boquete.Respecto local soccer, Tapia added: “the next Saturday (March 16) will announce a new women’s tournament that will be very important. We will make a similar to the Copa Argentina, but in the women’s football competition”.
Finally, referred to the development of the AFA for the classification of the selection Argentina to the World Cup event and a new exclusive space on the grounds of Ezeiza: “for the first time, the women’s national team will have own clothing. We came from two years without competition. The sporting goal was to qualify for the World Cup and has been achieved.”

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