After losing 7-1 to an under-15 boys team, Alisha Lehmann and Switzerland made headlines.
Alisha Lehmann has previously voiced her concerns on the disparity in compensation between male and female football players.
This week, Lehmann, 26, made news when the Swiss women’s team fell to FC Luzern’s under-15 boys squad 7-1.
The Women’s Euros will begin in Switzerland on July 2 and the Swiss are getting ready for it.
“It is scientifically proven that women have a very difficult time against men in football,” the Swiss daily 20 Minuten wrote in response to the loss.
It is often known that there is a huge salary disparity between male and female football players.
According to previous reports from Give Me Sport, Spanish player Aitana Bonmati earns €1 million annually, making her the highest-paid female player in the world.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the highest-paid male football player in the world, is expected to make €264 million in 2024, which is a significant difference from now.
When talking about her relationship with Brazilian midfielder Douglas Luiz at the time, Lehmann brought up the issue of the gender wage gap last year.
She said to La Repubblica: “I’m just a regular person, not a celebrity. I cook when I get home, just like everyone else.
“I frequently tell Douglas that it’s unfair after training. He makes a hundred thousand times as much as I do for the same job.
“It’s likely that the Women’s World Cup was the fifth most viewed athletic event globally. It was more watched than the Super Bowl, which is crazy. Therefore, it is clear that we must have equal pay, at least nationwide, when you consider it.
When asked about those who undervalue the women’s game, Lehmann responded. “I enquire if they have ever witnessed a game,” she said. Likely not.
Lehmann claimed in a different interview that there is no comparison between men’s and women’s football.
“There is absolutely no way to compare women’s and men’s football because they are so different,” she stated.
“How people look at us and how people look at them, it’s just not the same.”
‘Oh, she plays football,’ women will always say, ‘I don’t like,’ Lehmann continued. Second class is always the norm. We won’t be first class, in my opinion.”
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