2023-09-15 21:56:00
“The changes that have occurred are not enough for the players to feel in a safe place, where women are respected, there is a commitment to women’s football and where we can give our maximum performance.“, indicated 21 of the 23 world champions in a text distributed by the double Ballon d’Or winner and signatory of the same Alexia Putellas, on social networks.
“Constant changes are required in leadership positions” of the Federation, still in the hands of people Rubiales trusts, They add in the text signed in total by 39 footballersalmost at the same time that the new women’s coach, Montse Tomé, had to give the list for the Nations League matches against Sweden and Switzerland.
Finally the list will not be published this Friday, said federal sources, without specifying a new probable date.
To wear La Roja again, the players ask for the “resignation of the interim president” Pedro Rocha, as well as the “restructuring of the women’s soccer organization chart.” and the presidential cabinet and the general secretary.
The RFEF reiterated, after the players’ statement, its “absolute and real commitment to continue undertaking essential changes that recover the functioning of the entity”, but he asked for time to carry them out.
He also insisted that ““He wants to reinforce his commitment to the world champions, for whom he feels enormous pride,” while appealing to “dialogue and cooperation” to try to resolve the situation of the women’s team.
The announcement of the soccer players once again shook Spanish soccer, where some voices had been optimistic in recent days about the return of the internationals, after the dismissal last week of the former coach, Jorge Vilda, whose methods had been criticized by the players, and the expected resignation on Sunday of Luis Rubiales as head of the Federation.
Rubiales before justice
The former leader was questioned this Friday as being investigated in the open case for an alleged crime of “sexual assault,” derived from the forced kiss he gave to the player Jennifer Hermoso on August 20 during the World Cup medal ceremony, and which unleashed a wave of international indignation.
After his statement, made behind closed doors, Judge Francisco de Jorge imposed as a precautionary measure that he cannot get closer than 200 meters to Hermoso – who plays for the Mexican team Pachuca – nor contact her during the instruction.
Wearing a dark suit and no tie, Rubiales arrived and left the National Court in Madrid on foot, accompanied by his lawyer and without making statements to the dozens of journalists who were waiting for him.
According to sources close to the Prosecutor’s Officethe former leader again denied the lack of consent in the kiss.
In an interview on British television, broadcast on Tuesday, Rubiales had already assured that it was “a mutual act.”
“It wasn’t intentional. “There was no sexual connotation of any kind, it was just a moment of happiness, the great joy of the moment,” he claimed. “My intentions were noble, 100% non-sexual, 100%, I repeat 100%,” she reiterated.
His version clashes, however, with that of Jenni Hermoso, who had already indicated that he felt “vulnerable and victim of aggression” when he received the kiss, which in his opinion was about “an impulsive, sexist act, out of place and without any type of consent”and filed a complaint last week.
The player’s lawyer, Carla Vall, repeated on Friday that “It was a non-consensual kiss” and he celebrated that “thanks to that video everyone, the entire country, has been able to see how there was no type of consent.”
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