2023-04-18 09:31:52
Women’s soccer is advancing by leaps and bounds throughout the world, and also in Spain, where more and more women are willing to put an end to that macho mantra that establishes that the king of sports is only for men. However, all that glitters is not gold and the abuses in women’s football have become a scourge that seems to have no end. Now, a new case has once again shaken the Spanish competition. Its protagonist, Randri García, coach of the Alhama Football Club, one of the 16 teams that make up the Spanish Women’s First Division
The situation of Alhama de Murcia, a team from the women’s First Division of soccer, has been unsustainable for some time. The coach’s modus operandi and the constant lack of respect towards the players make the locker room of the Murcian team hell for many of them. The players suffer continuous harassment from Randri García, who addresses them with insults and belittling. Due to these behaviors, many players do not feel comfortable and one of them has even requested sick leave due to this situation.
According to Mundo Deportivo, this situation exploded on March 27. During that day, all the players would have received an image with sexual content of García himself on their cell phones and, in that photo, members of the staff appeared “naked after showering” in the locker room, indicated the European morning newspaper Marca. Beyond the inappropriate behavior, the conditions of the irregular situation are aggravated, since that photo came into the hands of a minor, a member of the professional delegation. This “unsustainable” situation has been around for a long time in the perspective of the protagonists.
He called them “fats”
The accusations they involve a sustained treatment through sexist insults, lack of respect and vexatious treatment of the coach to their women, added to an inappropriate vocabulary when calling them “fat”, laughing at their physique or criticizing their sexual condition. These behaviors are added to the occasions in which she enters the locker room without prior notice in an event that makes them uncomfortable and causes logical discomfort as she is invading the privacy of the group.
In addition, the coach would have locked a soccer player in a room and forced her to urinate due to the suspicion that she was consuming illegal substances. The case was referred to the FutPro union, which tries to protect from events related to this nature, among others, and managed the matter with the club and the Higher Sports Council.
The club denies the facts and ensures that the claims of the footballers have always been addressed. Club sources consulted by the Chain Being They point out that the trigger for this earthquake can be located in an anti-doping control carried out on Mariela Coronel last December, an Argentine player who disassociated herself from the club three days after this episode. The player’s entourage, with whom we have spoken, says that they are immersed in legal proceedings with the club for unfair dismissal and that they have a trial date in June 2024.
In sports, the situation is no better. The Murcian team is penultimate in the table and is entrenched in relegation places after 17 defeats, 3 draws and five wins in the 25 league games played this season. In fact, on the last day of the league, the Murcians only managed to score one point at home against Real Sociedad.
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