FOOTBALL4GOOD MAGAZINE | MARCH 2020

IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH FROM TERRACE TO PITCH FOLLOWING THE HISTORIC PAY DEAL FOR SPAIN’S FEMALE FOOTBALLERS, WE SPOKE TO ATLÉTICO MADRID FEMENINO CAPTAIN AND LATEST COMMON GOAL MEMBER AMANDA SAMPEDRO ABOUT PLAYING A PART IN FOOTBALL’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE FOR WOMEN. Since making her debut over a decade ago, much has changed regarding the status of women’s football. Nowhere more so than Spain. Professionalism, invest- ment, and record crowd attendances have all coincid- ed with the country’s most successful national team – reaching last summer’s World Cup knockout stages for the first time in only their second ever appearance. Yet whether playing for La Rojas or Las Rojiblancas, Sampedro joins a host of teammates taking the Common Goal pledge. As she challenges for her fourth consecutive league title, she discusses straddling the two eras and the importance of female role models. AMANDA SAMPEDRO