After taking a few days of reflection, Jennifer Hermoso, the top scorer of the Spanish football team (46 goals), wanted to support the fifteen internationals who asked not to be called up with Spain anymore because of relations of degraded work with the coach, Jorge Vilda. “ I want to publicly express my unconditional support for all my teammates who, a few days ago, decided to communicate on the need to improve working conditions.”writes Hermoso on his social networks.
“Not only do I understand their reasons, but I also experienced a lot of those feelings and concerns”adds Hermoso, former star of FC Barcelona, who now plays in the Mexican club CF Pachuca.
A press release to deny any request to separate from the coach
On September 23, the Spanish Football Federation revealed in a press release that fifteen players from the Spanish selection waived their call-up, citing a current situation which affected their emotional state et ” their health “ of “important way”.
Captain and Ballon d’Or 2021 Alexia Putellas, operated on the anterior cruciate ligament of her left knee in mid-July, did not appear in this list of fifteen players, no more than Jennifer Hermoso and Irene Paredes, both injured and unavailable for the upcoming gathering, too.
“After everything we have worked for, it breaks my heart to realize that we are living through the worst moments in the history of women’s football in Spain”
Jennifer Hermoso, Spain striker
At the last rally, in September, executives Jennifer Hermoso, Irene Paredes and Patri Guijarro had already called a press conference and acknowledged a “general malaise” by questioning Vilda, in office since 2015, but had denied having asked for her resignation.
Hermoso (32) said she would not boycott the national team, but she understood the reasons for this unease. “ In recent years, I have also experienced very difficult times of suffering before, during and after national team rallies; an infinite number of situations that prevented me from being me and that made me feel immense loneliness within the national team”explains the player.
“I haven’t slept for days, thinking of solutions, searching for explanations for the great emptiness I feel inside. After everything we have worked for, it breaks my heart to realize that we are living through the worst times in the history of women’s football in Spain.”she concludes.
