Switzerland's Alisha Lehmann celebrates after the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between New Zealand and Switzerland in Dunedin, on July 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Cornaga)
Switzerland's Alisha Lehmann celebrates after the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between New Zealand and Switzerland in Dunedin, on July 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Cornaga)
A pair of Dunedin football fans labelled “creepy” and “perverted” by international media have defended their cheeky sign aimed at Swiss superstar Alisha Lehmann.
Jack Von Engelbrechten and his friend Rowan Leask had two goals when attending the Football Ferns versus Switzerland game in Dunedin on Sunday — get onTV and get the striker’s attention.
The two prepared a sign for the game which read “Alisha Lehmann sign my belly so I can be seen on telley[sic]”.
Jack Von Engelbrechten and Rowan Leask's sign appeared during a broadcast of the match from Dunedin. Screengrab / BBC via Otago Daily Times
“We were just like, ‘yo this rhymes, let’s get it up there’,” Von Engelbrechten said.
