Women’s football is that tough
At the season opener of the Women’s Super League between St. Gallen Staad and the Grasshoppers, Sara Krisztin has to get medical treatment early.
The images from football, of players distorted by pain and rolling on the floor for minutes – the audience knows them well enough. The scenes of real fighters like those still found in women’s football are all the more edifying – also in the opening game of the new Women’s Super League.
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The sixth minute is running between St. Gallen Staad and the Grasshoppers in Kybunpark when it comes to a duel between FCSG player Li Puma Serena and GC midfielder Sara Krisztin. The latter pulls the shorter one and falls to the ground. And, as the television pictures suggest, dislocates his little finger.
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But unlike her male counterparts, the 28-year-old Hungarian doesn’t let that stop her. On the contrary, after a short and painful stop on the sidelines at the team doctor, the offensive player continues.
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