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Bundesliga debut by female coach marred by misogyny

dw.com·Matt Pearson·about 1 month ago
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Bayern Munich sealing a 13th out of the last 14 men's Bundesliga titles was one of the least surprising storylines to come out of German football this weekend. Another was the misogynistic reaction online to Marie-Louise Eta becoming the first woman to coach a match in the top five European men's leagues. Eta's Union Berlin side fell to an unfortunate 2-1 defeat to fellow strugglers Wolfsburg but the social media discourse was marred by the usual comments, with Union's social media admins taking several users to task. The German football association (DFB) , in the form of vice-president Celia Sasic, said this style of community management was "absolutely the right thing". In an interview with the t-online portal, Sasic added that: "The comments are unacceptable.…

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