Back in France after her 6-month loan with Gotham in New Jersey, the footballer spoke for Le Figaro of the personal fulfillment she found there, far from a France team that made her suffer.
At the Sports Stars in Tignes
Gaëtane, we imagine you are happy to return to the Étoiles du Sport…
Gaëtane Thiney: Yes, it is a great pleasure to find all these athletes. This is the first time that I saw the Étoiles du sport in Tignes, because I had always experienced them in La Plagne until now. So it’s also a discovery for me.
Is it also nice to find France again?
(Smile) Yes, too. This allows me to have a little decompression chamber when I come back from the United States. There, I discovered another universe and I gained a lot of confidence because it is a country that values enormously.
When you talk about promoting, does that mean that women’s football in the United States compared to that in France, is like night and day?
No. It’s more in the attitude. Americans are always very positive and we are valued for what we are on the ground. I arrived as a stranger to them. In France, it is undoubtedly cultural …
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