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WONG:
Rather than playing in the mandatory baggy
shirts and shorts seen in the men's games,
the ladies from FD de Rakt showed off their
silky skills in a pitch and fitted shirts and
short skirts. Here's more.
STORY:
Sexy football it isn't... but the decision of
FC de Rakt's ladies soccer team to play the
game in skirts and tight tops has fired
women's football into the headlines.
Since the amateur team from Uden in southern
Holland changed their kit the club's website
has racked up hundreds of thousands of hits
every week.
21-year-old team captain Rinske Temming
denied the new feminine strip was a publicity
stunt.
[Rinske Temming, Team Captain]:
"We think they are far more elegant than the
traditional shorts and furthermore they are
more comfortable."
The amateur team's new clothing initially
faced a ban due to strict equipment rules but
upon closer inspection the Dutch football
association said it was acceptable after all
as the women were still playing in shorts,
albeit with a skirt over them.
The club's chairman, Jan van den Elzen says
"moving the goalposts" on what's still
perceived to be a male sport is long overdue.
[Jan van den Elzen, Soccer Club Chairman]:
"I think very many girls like to play in a
skirt but they didn't think it was possible."
No doubt Fifa president Sepp Blatter would
approve of FC de Rakt's new look.
The world soccer chief scored an own goal
four years ago after famously urging women
footballers to wear skimpier kits to boost
the popularity of the women's game.
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