Fifteen players of the national team of Spain have lost confidence in national coach Jorge Vilda. They don’t want to train and play as long as Vilda is at the helm.
The players are said to have urged Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish football association RFEF, in an email for the resignation of Vilda. The RFEF is not pleased with the action.
“It is not for them to question and decide on the functioning of the national coach and his staff. These kinds of actions are harmful to the values of football and sport,” the association reports.
“The national team needs players who are fully committed and proud to wear the shirt of Spain. The players who have withdrawn their confidence may only return if they admit their mistake and ask for forgiveness.”
Spain experienced a disappointing European Championship in July. In the absence of the injured star players Alèxia Putellas and Jennifer Hermoso, England lost in the quarterfinals. Sarina Wiegman’s team eventually took the title.
It is suggested in Spanish media that Putellas is one of the initiators of the mail. Although the World Football Player of the Year does not seem to belong to the fifteen players who actually sent the message to the RFEF.
