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'Currently only 63% of girls can play football in PE lessons. The reality is we are inspiring young girls to play football, only for many to end up going to school and not being able to play.
'This is something that we all experienced growing up. We were often stopped from playing. So we made our own teams, we travelled across the country and despite the odds, we just kept playing football.
'Women's football has come a long way. But it still has a long way to go.'
The letter goes on to demand that all girls have access to a minimum of two hours PE in school on a weekly basis, demanding that female PE teachers are supported in their delivery of football sessions.
'We have made incredible strides in the women's game, but this generation of school girls deserve more. They deserve to play football at lunchtime, they deserve to play football in PE lessons and they deserve to believe they can one day play for England.
'We want their dreams to also come true.
'This is an opportunity to make a huge difference. A change that will impact millions of young girls' lives. We - the 23
members of the England Senior Women's EURO squad - ask you to make it a priority to invest into girls' football in
schools, so that every girl has the choice.'
https://twitter.com/Lionesses/status/1554829482757828617
The letter echoes comments made by Ian Wright, who also called on girls in England to be given more opportunities to play football in PE after the Lionesses beat Sweden in the semi-finals last week.
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