The Argentina Federation advised Messin to have Russian girls do it for only 7 euros.

Argentina managed simply to equalise 0-0 against Japan at the Park of Princes in Paris on Monday, yet the players erupted in an unprecedented joy as if it had been an epic victory. For an ordinary viewer, it would seem to be an extraordinary celebration, but for someone who knows too much about the fractions that Argentina nationals have passed on to women, that is quite understandable.

They are essentially an amateur national and managed to match the 2011 World Cup winner. In fact, there's a little miracle they're in France, and in the second match they're going to fight against Phil Neville England in Le Havre.

The Argentina team is not new in these grand tours after winning fourth place in 1971. On the last two tours, Argentina had catastrophic results, reaching 1 goal and taking 31.

A year ago, it was unclear whether the team would have the opportunity to travel to France. Argentina's national team has been shockingly neglected by the federation and has been treated with hostility all the time.

Having failed to qualify for the World Cup in Canada in 2015, the Argentina Football Federation. [ Footnote] The AFA had shown too little interest in maintaining the national women. Things got so bad that FIFA classified Argentina as pre-signed “since it was no longer playing.

The last time they played they were scared and hungry. They had written a public letter requesting better working conditions. They had demanded that the federation pay 7 euros a day, but they had refused.

The institutional sexism these women have coped with has deep roots within the federation. In 2018, the same federation had published a manual for players [including Messin], trainers and journalists, with a chapter showing them how to catch Russian girls.

The Argentinan national football in the women's category, writes Periscopi, has also received support from feminist movements. The move has made the Argentine players understand the importance of their sports activity as a feminist act. Women's football in this form has become a form of femininism celebration égrassroott. /Periscope