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Members of French women's football team pose naked
Published: 4 Jul 11 07:20 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/sport/20110704-36055.html
With France set to face defending champions and hosts Germany at the women's World Cup on Tuesday, members of the French squad have posed naked for pictures to draw attention to their sport.
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The trio posed for the pictures under the motto: "Is this how we should show up before you come to our games?"
Fresh from their 4-0 hammering of Canada last week, in which Thiney scored twice and Thomis also netted, the trio said they want to draw attention to their sport and create some debate of the women's game.
"The pictures have come out really nice and I really like them," Thiney told Bild.
"We wanted to provoke and to generate some discussion."
The French star also praised hosts Germany, who have won the last two World Cups, where she says the women's game is far more advanced than in her country.
"Women's football here has developed well and already taken a step further than in France."
But Thiney said it was important the French players now back up the attention-seeking pictures off the pitch with success on the field.
"We will try to get more attention through our success," she said with an eye on Tuesday's match against Germany in Möchengladbach.
The hosts also got in on the act last month when players from Germany's womens league posed for Playboy.
The players left little to the imagination in their football-themed pictures.
AFP/mdm
External link: See the French photos at Bild »
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Your comments about this article:
It's a pity there's so much indifference towards women's sports in France, and indeed it does not look like stripping makes any difference.
This PR stunt from the French was indeed publicised at the time when it was news, in March 2009, with a well-meaning message that said "Should we go that far for you to pay attention to us?". For Bild, it's never too late to show a bit of flesh to its ogling readership... Journalism at its best....
*Sigh*