'Disrespectful' to talk about Olympics final right now - Hayes - video Dailymotion

USWNT boss Emma Hayes says it would be 'disrespectful' to talk about their chances of glory at the Olympics

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00:00I keep saying, and I can't overemphasise it, we're only thinking about Zambia.

00:07I think one of the biggest problems has been that too often we keep talking about what

00:14we're going to do in Paris, or what happens when you get to the semis or the finals.

00:19I think it's disrespectful to the rest of the world to talk like that.

00:23And I think that the game has moved to a point where that isn't the case.

00:28It isn't a shoo-in to get somewhere, it has to be earned and there's no given right when

00:34women's football has developed the way it has across the world that there are top football

00:39nations in this tournament and any given day, any opponent can beat anyone.

00:45I do believe that.

00:46I don't think shocks in the women's game exist anymore.

00:50I think we need to reframe our focus a little bit and have respect for the rest of the world.