2023-08-28 12:04:01
The pressure can sometimes play a trick on you. The sport is full of clutch moments where you put everything on one card. If you win you are the greatest and if you lose, you fall into absolute desolation. Despite this, sport teaches very important values to human beings, such as the spirit of not giving up in the face of adversity.
The reasons for the riot
The 2022 Euro Cup in England had ignited a team full of stars from FC Barcelona and the new project incarnated by Real Madrid. The culé team had played the last 3 Champions League in the last four years having won one. Was at their peak as one of the deadliest teams in all of Europe.
The level of those selected had increased exponentially with an explosion of quality. In case of Alexia Putellas, Twice winner of the Ballon d’Or and the Best, she was configured as the best soccer player in the world. So much Alexia Putellas as Jenni Beautiful were two fundamental pillars of team leadership.
Source: Spanish Women’s Soccer Team
But their respective injuries left the team full of patches that were reflected in their elimination in the quarterfinals. Point and end to the European competition began the path to the World Cup that would be played during the summer of 2023. A path that seemed very far away, but that was close for a team under construction.
The team qualified by defeating Hungary (3-0) and Ukraine (5-0) in the group stage, certifying their direct pass to the World Cup. When two friendlies were to be held before Sweden and USA came the most tense moment with the mutiny of 15 players of the national team Spanish. One of the reasons was the formal request for changes during training and in adjustments.
???? ???????????? ????????????????????. pic.twitter.com/sMDF8DB8dt
— Spanish Women’s Selection Soccer (@SEFutbolFem) August 19, 2023
That is to say, they appealed to greater professionalism and to change the way of daily work during the preparation of the matches of the national team to attend the call of Jorge Vilda. it came to rumor that they were asking for the head of the coach who was left in a critical situation before the signaling of the players. In addition, they argued that going to the national team was a reason for suffering more than joy due to the deficient medical treatment and care that led to relapses in injuries.
The victims of the revolt
In the foreground is the example of the best player of the entire team, Alexia Putellas. The player suffered an injury due to the overload of efforts and minutes after having been present in a long season of great physical sacrifices. On the one hand, the team’s coaching staff was not pointed out, but their health decisions were questioned.
???? THIS IS THE LAYOUT!
???? This is how Spain will form to play the World Cup final.#PlayFightAndWin I #FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/rjUxv771kp
— Spanish Women’s Selection Soccer (@SEFutbolFem) August 20, 2023
One of the triggers was Claudia Pina, player with whom medical recommendations were not followed and he ended up relapsing from a serious injury a few weeks after his recovery. An example that in the end encouraged the rebellion of a part of the Spanish dressing room that he saw how the national team harmed them in the sports field.
The list of mutineers
The members of the mutineers consisted of Lola Gallardo, Ainhoa Vicente, Sandra Cloths, Mapi Leon, Patri Guijarro, Aitana Bonmatí, Marion Caldentey, Claudina Pina, Lucía García, Ona Battlle, Leila Ouahabi, Laia Aleixandri, Andrea Pereira, Too often and Nerea Eizaguirreand the apitanas who supported the cause although they did not sign the cause, Alexia Putellas y Jenni Beautiful, Irene Paredes.
CLICK HERE TO START THE GAME ????
???? Warm up on the go.#PlayFightAndWin I #FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/ElJrJUXjUV
— Spanish Women’s Selection Soccer (@SEFutbolFem) August 20, 2023
A personal and sporting decision by a large part of the squad that needed a chain reaction and they saw the best option to shout to the sky. An internal crisis that splashed squarely in the Spanish Federation football that He made a controversial decision for the sporting situation. They did not point to the coach and decided to support him and shield him from the doubts of several of the players who wanted him out of the team.
The Federation ignored the players’ request and decided to remove them from the team, substituting each one of them given the situation generated. The issue continued to spread with two latent blocks in the pool. On the one hand, the players of FC Barcelona and on the other those of Real Madrid with a tense situation in one of the classics in which Aitana Bonmatí decided to avoid and dodge the greeting of the concierge of the Real Madrid and the selection, Mass.
The consequences of the rebellion
Some of the players who were most present in the uprising They were pointed out and did not represent the team in the World Cup. One of the most obvious cases was that of Mapi Leon that was not summoned being one of the best center-backs in the world. Others stood firm and watched from the sofa at home as their teammates got the first star and others backed down and rectified returning to the team.
Source: Spanish Women’s Soccer Team
For those who returned, a consequence for supporting the launch became apparent. Sandra Cloths, FC Barcelona’s regular goalkeeper made public her formal request to be present and the response was negative from Jorge Vilda. She was not called up for the continental competition and was replaced by the goalkeeper Real MadridMisa and two other goalkeepers, between them Cata Coll which is a substitute for Sandra Cloths.
Others that had direct consequences were Jenny Beautiful, Irene Paredes y Alexia Putellas who had their captaincy removed but were allowed to be present at the group of those chosen to get the first star. An incendiary episode that was able to stifle the team in time to arrive in the best possible conditions for the World Cup.
Prudence, the best ally of Jorge Vilda
Unlike other national selectors who have gone through ‘La Roja’, Jorge Vilda at all times he was cautious with his statements and consistent with his message. His role was to get to the World Cup to win it. Despite the criticism and doubts of the majority of players and the pressure of the media of communication when being pointed out directly, he only had one concern, soccer.
Through his style of play and his decisions in each of the matches, he had the situation under control and knew how to reverse the pessimism of the last group stage match after the defeat by Japan. He didn’t think about whether the players ignored him, didn’t respect him, or didn’t like him. She was focused on the most important sporting goal of his career, the world Cup.
In the end, the coach silenced all criticism by winning the first star of the World Cup. He knew how to make the necessary changes in each game, without a fixed 11 and with the conviction of each of the players he has counted on has made a team the best in the world. Salma Paralluelo, the best young player of the tournament was used as a shock in the final minutes.
➕ ONE MORE MINUTE WILL BE PLAYED IN THE FIRST HALF. pic.twitter.com/kpe7994kLg
— Spanish Women’s Selection Soccer (@SEFutbolFem) August 20, 2023
Alexia Putellas He was playing in the final minutes of the final after discovering his physical discomfort. He has not shaken his pulse at any time and has used every resource that he had in his hands to win the World Cup and that the waters will return to absolute calm. The scene of the pass to the semis in which all the players ignored it was clouded with the most important victory in women’s soccer.
He has been aware of what the national team was at stake and put his personal interests before sports to win. A vendetta in the final against United Kingdom which becomes a message to the outside. Jorge Vilda He was the right coach to get here and the pressure has not been able to stop his calm and strategy on the pitch. He never said a bad word to his players, always seeing the positive side of each moment. This is how the first star came and how Spain is configured as the second country in history to already have a men’s and women’s World Cup in their showcases.
Congratulations, champions!
#Jorge #Vilda #silent #hero #World #Cup #tightrope