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“Right now, in France, things have gotten a little bit back to normal and feels like there isn’t really a lot of COVID, other than taking the COVID test so many times a week just to be safe. I think in France, right now, we’re rolling, the Champions League is on and in that sense, it feels pretty normal. But for sure earlier on in the year, it definitely felt weird.”
Having set the standard in Europe, other clubs are investing heavily in women’s soccer to try and reel in Lyon, who are working hard to try and stay ahead of the competition. Lyon’s dominance has been good for the development of the women’s game worldwide.
“I think it’s great that other clubs are starting to invest on the women’s side, I don’t see it as a threat to Lyon, but more of as an opportunity to improve and grow and get better,” Buchanan said. “You can’t really settle. You have to be grateful of where you are and how you got there, but you always want to keep going and take another step on the field.
“We won a Champions League title this year, and next year it’s not going to be easy to win again. Every year, we try to get better because we know that other clubs are investing in players, like Chelsea, who are putting a lot of money towards their players and getting better and that’s really great for the league and for women’s football.”
The commercial success of the women’s Champions League along with the Women’s World Cup is giving female soccer a higher profile around the world. Buchanan is a beneficiary of that higher profile as she is becoming more and more recognizable around the world.
“Every year it gets harder and harder to win and other teams get stronger and stronger,” she said. “It’s always cool when we do win. Every year we think when we have some players leave that it might never be like this again, but we always seem to come out on top. That’s what’s exciting about Olympique Lyonnais, is that we always seem to get the job done, no matter who is out on the field, even if we get injuries and have to have different lineups, it’s always good to see the team adapt and overcome.”
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