Miedema felt disrespected appearing with her partner at Ballon d’Or

Vivianne Miedema

claims she didn't feel comfortable at this year's Ballon d'Or ceremony as she called on organizers to introduce the same categories for male and female players. While there are 6 categories for male players, only one is dedicated to female players.

She told the

:

"I didn't feel appreciated as a woman footballer there.

"If they want to have women involved, they have to do it in a different way.

"They had five or six different awards for the men's game while the women only have one. If they want to make it equal, they have to give the same awards to men's and women's football."

The day after the ceremony a picture of the Gunners pair came up with a caption stating

Miedema

was with a nameless "guest".

"

Waking up the next morning and that picture pops up, that states the issue we had the night before,"

she added.

"We've got the number two from that year, who should arguably have been number one, turning up to the event as 'my guest'.

"That would obviously never happen if [Lionel] Messi and Neymar had been walking next to each other.

"We obviously joke about it, but that shows there are so many improvements to be made, it needs to be organised so much better."

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