FIFA realised its mistake and have since apologised, issuing a statement saying that it “believes that the message to allow women into football stadiums in Iran is a social, not political, matter and so the message on the front of the T-shirts worn by two fans is not against FIFA rules, which always need to be applied with a sense of proportion”.

It added: “Fifa will do its best to ensure that any similar situations do not occur at future matches during the competition.”

We’re of course glad that they realised their mistake, and we’re hopeful that we won’t be seeing this kind of mess up again. But that doesn’t detract from the continuous hurdles faced by the players and fans of women’s football to simply play, watch and support their teams.

Until our games are seen politically, socially, economically, culturally and professionally at the same level as men’s, we won’t have won.

Women’s World Cup: The scary reason two fans were removed from a match