From banners to t-shirts: football teams show support for Jenni Hermoso
Written by Sports NewsWhen Jenni Hermoso arrived in the stands, the standing ovation was thundering.
On the field below, Atlético de Madrid and AC Milan were battling it out for the Womens Cup, but the message scrawled on posters, temporary tattoos and a metres-long banner unfurled by the players was unanimous at the stadium in Madrid on Saturday night: Were with you, Jenni Hermoso.
Players from Cadiz and Sevilla also showed their solidarity with the Spain Womens World Cup champion with a banner and by wearing t-shirts with slogans saying: This is over.
It was a hint of how the tumultuous events of the past week since La Rojas dazzling World Cup win have supercharged the long-running battle for equality in womens football.
As the hashtag #SeAcabó, meaning its over, was embraced from Sevilla to Santander, it was clear that Spanish footballs #MeToo moment had arrived
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