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Allt fler spelare tar ställning i Australien

Allt fler spelare tar ställning i Australien

Även Mallbackens fd spelare Tameka Butt kommenterar avskedandet av Alen Stajcics

Efter Australiens framgångsrike förbundskapten Alen Stajcicsparkades igår av australiska fotbollsförbundet FFA har en lång rad nyckelspelare gått ut i sociala medier och tagit ställning, helt oförtsående varför Stajcic fick lämna efter 4,5 år där han har tagit Australien till nästa nivå och gjort de till en av…

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2020亞足聯U-19足球錦標賽資格賽11月6日高雄開踢

2020亞足聯U19足球錦標賽資格賽賽前記者會。（中華民國足球協會提供）

2022亞足聯U-19足球錦標賽資格賽將於11月6日、8及10日在高雄國家體育場展開，中華U19男足小將與澳洲、澳門及寮國爭奪前進會內賽門票，中華男足U-19代表隊於上月國際邀請賽中先後擊敗緬甸、香港以及直布羅陀拿下冠軍，教練陳俊明也直言三支球隊各有不同球風，讓小將在比賽中吸收到很多經驗，務必將所學帶到這次的資格賽中，尋求晉級明年會內賽目標，上一屆U-19代表隊晉級會內賽後與印尼、卡達、阿聯酋同組，但三戰皆墨未能晉級，期望這一批U-19小將能在主場踢出好成績，再闖會內賽，中華U19代表隊也同時在賽前一周前往馬來西亞移地訓練，先後與馬來西亞、新加坡及蒙古進行交流賽，以戰養戰，提前進入比賽狀態。

中華U19代表隊本次對手為澳洲、寮國及澳門，澳洲隊在前一屆晉級至會內賽後再以小組第二晉級8強淘汰賽，但是第一場遭遇到沙烏地阿拉伯以1:3遭到淘汰，寮國以及澳門在前一屆資格賽也與中華隊同組，但中華隊面對兩隊分別都以2:0獲勝並晉級會內賽。

今日賽前記者會中華隊總教練陳俊明也在記者會中談到包含上個月的邀請賽以及近幾次的集訓讓球隊的狀況有所提升，當然一切的準備就是要以晉級下一輪為目標。澳洲隊Gary Van Egmond總教練則提到在前一陣子澳洲隊也進行了充分的集訓，也很感謝中華足協不管在飯店或是練習場地都有很好的安排。寮國教練V SUNDRAM MOORTH坦言這一組的對手都具有很好的實力，希望球員可以透過比賽學習到自己不足的地方，之前也參與了AFF的賽事，希望比賽能有好的發揮，另外對於賽事的安排也很感激。澳門LIU KIN CHOU總教練則表示之前曾經來過台灣，很高興有機會再來到這裡，他認為本組其他對手都非常強勁，澳門會盡全力拿出最好的表現。

2020亞足聯U19足球錦標賽資格賽 23人名單。（中華民國足球協會提供）

文章來源：中華民國足球協會

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Exclusive Stajcic Column: The Lessons I Learnt From Our Matildas' Courageous Campaign

“We might not have come away with the Tournament of Nations trophy today but I saw resilience and courage from our Matildas side that all of Australia can be proud of. We beat Brazil and Japan and the US scored a late equaliser against us to draw 1-1. We reminded the sport's world No.1 that we're a force to be reckoned with. In the end though, the US were far too good for Brazil in the final game, which we watched from the stands, and claimed top spot on the table. But the bigger prize is in one year, at the Women’s World Cup in France – and there were positives, and negatives from this campaign for us to reflect on as we build towards that ultimate goal.

I was really pleased with our mental toughness: it was a pretty tough tournament for us, because we had a lot of players back-up from playing the last round of National Women’s Soccer League here – there were quite a few players who had to play four games in 10 days as a result.

We had our first training session on a Tuesday before a Thursday game, which was mainly running off the fatigue from the weekend’s club games. The advantage for the US is they’d all been kept from their clubs and gone into camp 10 days earlier, as were Brazil’s players. Our side had to overcome the difficulties of international football, like playing in the day while the US played at night, or having less recovery time between games. Against Japan, in the first half especially, we showed a lot of that fatigue. The players tried to keep the ball today but there was so much residual fatigue it made it harder.”

With all that in mind, it was a courageous campaign, and I was also pleased with our defending – both organised and desperate - and our play on the counter attack.

What didn't we do as well? We didn’t play out from the back as well as we have in the past 12-18 months. Having such little preparation time was a factor in that, but it’s an area we have to improve again to get back to the levels we know we can reach.

That can all be summed up by the performance against the USA.

We weren’t playing the ball out as we might have liked, but as the hosts started to gain momentum, we showed fantastic desperation to react to the circumstances. For the most part, I thought we were well organised, but they also put their bodies on the line. Just compare it to US’ 4-1 win over Brazil; they also dominated the South Americans but against us, they didn’t really have the range of clear cut chances that they did today. Against us, there were a lot of crosses, a couple of shots, but to absorb all that against arguably the best front three in the world is a testament to how far the team has come, especially the back four and keeper. All this, remember, in their backyard, with a big home crowd, and a bit of luck too. The corner before their equalising goal should have been a goal kick!

There were a couple of individual standouts for us too, to go with that team reflection.

Hayley Raso had a good tournament; Ellie Carpenter, I thought today she was unbelievable, with the amount of energy and momentum when everyone fatigued. I thought she turned the game for us (both pictured below)

Larissa Crummer came in for the first time in her life at centre-back, after a long time out, and did well.

I thought our two No.6s were both good: Emily van Egmond, and Elise Kellond-Knight.

We built up a bit of depth as well, so that’s another plus on the player front.

We also got to blood two youngsters – 15-year-old Mary Fowler and 16-year-old Amy Sayer. What a great experience for them to come away with the team, and see some of the best players in the world first hand. They sat on the bench, knowing there was a possibility to be a part of the action. It is a great reward coming through the Future Matildas program, where Gary van Egmond and Leah Blayney have done a great job. This was a first step for the youngsters.

Now, there will be a bit of reflection and analysis before we begin a very busy calendar; we should have some announcements for some more games at home and abroad for later this year, while we also get into the W-League, and begin planning the lead-in to France 2019, which will require looking at plenty of logistics based on where our players are playing and living for their club football across the globe.

That’s plenty to look forward to, but for now, we look back on a very productive tournament.

We know we had some great support from back home. We always want to do as well as we can for ourselves, but we also realise the place this team has now got in the sporting and football landscape back home.

I think everyone in the team is pretty proud of the standing in the mainstream media and public and hopefully that translates into some good crowds in November.

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Wanderers sign assistant after ‘toxic’ claims SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 20: Wanderers coach Carl Robinson looks on during the A-League match between Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC at CommBank Stadium, on November 20, 2021, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Wanderers sign assistant after ‘toxic’ claims SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 20: Wanderers coach Carl Robinson looks on during the A-League match between Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC at CommBank Stadium, on November 20, 2021, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Scathing allegations about the club’s culture and poor results on the pitch have made for a painful start to the Wanderers’ season. The Western Sydney Wanderers have recruited former Socceroo Gary van Egmond as an assistant to beleaguered head coach Carl Robinson just one week after two former members of the coaching staff took aim at the club for its “toxic environment”. In his career, van…

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The sacking of Matildas head coach Alen Stajcic

When David Gallop, chief executive of Football Federation Australia, called a press conference last Saturday to announce the immediate sacking of Matildas head coach Alen Stajcic, the decision was both a bombshell and a confirmation of the rumours that had started to leak to the media just a day earlier.

Initial whispers of major troubles surrounding one of Australia’s most beloved teams allegedly came from Stajcic himself, after he was first brought in by Gallop on the Friday to discuss the findings of two confidential reviews into organisational culture – one by Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the players’ union (PFA) and the second by FFA and Our Watch (the national body for the prevention of violence against women). The Saturday axing operated in part as a prelude to a scheduled meeting on Monday with the Matildas team, Sport Australia, the PFA and a management company to work on a structured leadership program, while it also sought to quash increasingly angry murmurs from soccer fans and journalists on Twitter – many claiming Stajcic had not been afforded “due process”.

In the week since rumours, misinformation and leaks have dominated the press. Throughout, the FFA – despite holding two media conferences – has provided minimal detail to explain why Stajcic is gone just five months out from the Matildas’ tilt at the World Cup.

The silence has raised public ire but is understandable, at least from a legal perspective, as there is the possibility of Stajcic suing for defamation. The terms of Stajcic’s employment contract are confidential and contained a “no cause” termination clause. Stajcic received a severance package. He is also alleged to have threatened legal action in the wake of his departure, a risk that would further limit the FFA’s willingness to come out publicly with the reasons behind his sacking.

That has not, of course, stopped leaks to the press, allegedly both from Stajcic’s camp and, less frequently, from other interested parties keen to turn the tide of public and media opinion. Indeed, to date, media reporting has arguably been dominated by those angry about his dismissal, contributing to an ever-more polarised Australian soccer community grappling with alternative “versions” of the truth.

The Saturday Paper can report a number of insights gained from sources within FFA. These include allegations that Stajcic presided over a toxic and dysfunctional culture within the national women’s team set-up and that there were high levels of self-reported psychological distress among players and staff. According to the ABC, a quarter of all players reported suffering psychological distress in the Matildas Wellbeing Audit conducted jointly by the players’ union and FFA.

Among other issues reported in the press, there was a culture of homophobia within the Matildas leadership, described by Michael Lynch for The Age as a tendency for staff to use “flippant” homophobic remarks. Noting a principal belief that homophobic remarks are never “flippant” but have serious consequences for emotional and psychological wellbeing, such alleged behaviour was deemed to constitute an unacceptable and unsafe work environment.

IT IS EASY TO SEE THE PARALLELS WITH THE CULTURAL PROBLEMS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MEN’S CRICKET TEAM, WHICH REQUIRED ITS OWN EXTERNAL REVIEW.

A number of sources suggest a homophobic culture had spread within the organisation more broadly, causing fault lines between two predominant factions: those who supported the national coach and those referred to openly as the “lesbian mafia”. The term “lesbian mafia” – with its connotations of organised corruption and underhanded deals – is alleged to have referred to those women working within Australian soccer who were apparently intent on Stajcic’s removal because they wanted to appoint a woman to the Matildas’ top job.

Coincidentally, Bonita Mersiades, writing for Football Today this week, singled out this faction as responsible for the “perfect storm” that led to Stajcic’s removal. Those named by Mersiades were FFA deputy chair Heather Reid, cited as having a “long-time commitment” to appointing women to key positions; FIFA committee member Moya Dodd, reportedly upset with Stajcic for “undermining” former Matildas coach Hesterine de Reus; and head of women’s football Emma Highwood, for having a “strong desire for a woman coach of the Matildas��.

Among other reported issues with the Matildas leadership was a culture of “fat-shaming” or “body shaming” – an allegation repeated in Nine publications, the ABC and The Australian. Sources within FFA told The Saturday Paper this culture was not only characteristic of the Matildas’ national team, but also the under-20s team and Emerging Matildas, overseen by Matildas assistant coach Gary van Egmond. Purportedly, some staff working in the national team set-up were worried that this culture would contribute to a range of psychological issues associated with eating disorders.

As Tracey Holmes has reported, the Matildas Wellbeing Audit also revealed players affected by the national team culture were afraid to speak out and seek support, in the belief this would be held against them. In addition, according to the ABC, fewer than 20 per cent of players said the team environment was conducive to making them better players or people. Various media reports have added that intimidation and bullying was common when players or staff spoke up, and that players feared they would be left out of the national side as a result. Some players had also reported feeling “spat out” of the system after false assurances by Stajcic about their place in the national team.

Contrary to some media reporting – and as noted by Lucy Zelić on SBS’s The World Game – Stajcic is said to have been given the chance to respond to the allegations. Prior to last Friday’s FFA board meeting, Stajcic had met Gallop in an effort by the chief executive to have the coach outline a way forward. However, it is understood Stajcic wasn’t able to outline such a vision. It is believed this solidified Gallop’s belief that FFA was faced with an “increasingly deteriorating situation” and that Stajcic’s termination – later endorsed by the board – was one part of a larger process required to rectify issues relating to workplace culture.

To note that the situation had deteriorated, however, is not to suggest that this is not a longstanding issue within the Matildas or the organisation more broadly. “This is a situation that has been brewing for some time,” reported Fox Sports journalist Anna Harrington, who’s long been involved in women’s soccer. The good fortune of the Matildas on the playing field, she added, may have “papered over the cracks of a toxic environment that had produced long-running discontent”.

Should that be the case, serious questions remain as to who knew about the cultural problems within Australian soccer, and who was culpable or complicit. While prominent journalists such as The Australian’s chief soccer writer, Ray Gatt, have pointed the finger at Emma Highwood, for example, it is the head of national performance, Luke Casserly, who has ultimate oversight of the national team environments. Casserly, if he knew about the alleged toxic culture, chose to do nothing, or acted ineffectively.

It is easy to see the parallels with the cultural problems of the Australian men’s cricket team, which required its own external review – conducted by the Ethics Centre – and revealed deep-seated issues that had been overlooked or ignored due to a “win at all costs” mentality. In that regard, a favourable assessment of FFA’s actions – carried out by a newly elected board just over two months into its term – would see this as an attempt to rectify endemic cultural issues to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and players. The emphatic response to the findings of the Our Watch review, moreover, suggests a code getting serious about its stated commitment to gender equality and other forms of social justice, including ending discrimination against the LGBTQIA community.

However, as it stands, communication from FFA has been poor to unhelpful, missing a key opportunity to justify what externally appeared to be a drastic action. Indeed, airwaves, social media feeds and newspapers have instead been dominated by complaints from the Women’s Council (for a perceived lack of consultation from FFA), the coaches’ association (for a perceived lack of procedural fairness for Stajcic) and, perhaps most damagingly, the majority of Matildas players, until a statement was released on January 22 saying they simply wanted to “stay focused on our common goal, which remains winning the World Cup 2019”.

According to sources, the support of the players is in some cases genuine and, for others, the result of not wanting to be seen as unsupportive of their long-term coach. This again raises serious questions about what needs to change within the elite team culture for players to feel comfortable being honest about their experiences without fearing retribution.

If one thing is certain it is that the Matildas’ interim coach – who will be appointed to preside over the Cup of Nations (with camp starting in February) as well as the World Cup – will have a challenging time refreshing the playing group and rebuilding some of the trust that, if not broken by an existing culture, may now be broken by an increasingly messy fallout.

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EGMOND A/D HOEF – Met deze stelling, opende de gemeentelijke initiatiefgroep de goedbezochte informatieavond over de toekomst van het Slotkwartier, het historische hart van Egmond aan den Hoef.

In Museumhoeve Overslot, is een kleine permanente tentoonstelling te zien over de meer dan duizendjarige kunstgeschiedenis van de Egmonden, beginnend met de afbeelding van de overhandiging van het Evangelarium aan de Abdij van Egmond rond het jaar 975 na Chr. waarvan een replica te zien is in Overslot. Hierop staan de vroegst afgebeelde personen én het vroegst afgebeelde gebouw van Nederland, namelijk de oorspronkelijke Abdijkerk van Egmond en Dirk II met zijn gemalin Hildegarde van Vlaanderen. Bovendien is dit Evangelrium één van de kostbaarste boeken van Nederland.   Vele beroemde Kunstenaars wisten daarna de weg naar Egmond te vinden van Ruysdael tot Rob Scholte, zo ook de Amerikanen George Hitchcock en Gari Melchers die vele jaren in Egmond woonden en werkten en daar de Egmondse School stichtten. Werk van de schilders van de Egmondse School zijn in Musea over de gehele wereld te bewonderen. In museumhoeve Overslot is de film over de Egmondse School die dr. Peter van den Berg maakte met medewerking van Jeroen Krabbé permanent te zien op groot beeld.   Het unieke concept van museumhoeve Overslot, met het schelpenmuseum, het rariteitenkabinet met etnografie, Naturalia en antiquiteiten, een kleinkunstpodium met een weergaloze akoestiek en topmuzikanten, met hedendaagse kunst aan de eeuwenoude wanden trekt jaarlijks vele duizenden bezoekers uit de gehele wereld, maar wordt op termijn wellicht zelf historie, omdat het volgens de plannen plaats moet maken voor een “Slow Food” Restaurant. Kunst is voedsel voor de ziel! Ook in Egmond.

Museumhoeve Overslot is te vinden aan de Slotweg 42 te Egmond aan den Hoef en is ieder weekend vrij toegankelijk van 14.00 tot 18.00 uur.

Foto: Schilderij: Ateliertuin achter overslot, door Schilder Gari Melchers.