Thirteen minutes of extra time would have felt like a lifetime to Spanish supporters on Sunday night, but the FiFA Women’s World Cup has finally ended with a new champion.

This tournament, which had expanded to 32 teams, served up all shocks, giant slayings and silky skills one would expect from the best football players in the world.

Packed stadiums in both Aotearoa and Australia also put to bed once and for all the long-held notion that people just aren’t interested in women’s sport.  

But this is only the start of a long journey. So how do we keep this momentum going? And how do we ensure our footballers of tomorrow continue to give fans a justification to buy tickets to the games?

Today on The Front Page, Damien is joined by Newstalk ZB’s weekend sports presenter, and Sky Sport football commentator, Jason Pine for a chat about what lies ahead for the beautiful game.

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