{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8117a15f-8452-4f0d-82cd-51fef88003e5/64d594773298c80011c3aa76?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bonus Episode - The extraordinary legacy created by the Matildas at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ | How to continue this momentum to grow the game in Australia","description":"<p>Three years after we first launched the award-winning <em>Football Belongs</em> podcast series, Matilda Emma Checker is our guest and author Fiona Crawford reprises her role in this special bonus episode. </p><p><br></p><p>They join series inspiration and author John Didulica and our host David Davutovic as they discuss the revolution that has swallowed Australia throughout the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™. After an earlier episode of <em>Football Belongs </em>about a women's match that never happened - this time we are talking about a match that did happen: Canada v Australia, in Melbourne on 31st July 2023, as well as:</p><ul><li>The (very-much-welcomed) excitement capturing those who would otherwise have looked past the game</li><li>Why the Matildas have emerged as a universally-loved group of players</li><li>The incredible legacy this World Cup is creating - and how we leverage this moving forward</li><li>Can we finally say that football is Australia's national sport?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Edited by Lucas Perry, Optus Sport.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Watch every match of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™ live and on-demand on Optus Sport.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: <strong><em>Football Belongs</em></strong>, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:</p><p><br></p><p>Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Optus"}