Ada Hegerberg exclusive interview: 'I went through sadness, anger, incomprehension. Why me, why now?'
The TelegraphThe world’s greatest footballer has an intense, inquiring stare. Hegerberg laughs: “Sorry, where were we?” There are no other interruptions during our wide-ranging interview at the club’s training ground: no press officers, no time constraints, no fuss for one of the best players in the world. “We, as players, have a role to show quality on the pitch and also outside the pitch, to make women’s football relevant,” she says. “For our sport not to go back into the dark, Fifa, Uefa and federations need to step forward to keep the momentum alive.” When we met for the first time, at Lyon’s training ground in January, Hegerberg was plotting her fifth consecutive European title with the French side. The striker says her “favourite time of year” is usually found in the quieter period during the summer break, when she goes back to Oslo to be coached by her father, Stein Erik, on a pitch local to her parents’ home.
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