The scandalous silence of the “12 rebels” of the national team and the brutal dart of Rubiales

La Roja is in the World Cup final and continues to write a spectacular story in this championship in New Zealand and Australia. Spain beat Sweden in the semifinals (2-1) and is one step away from glory. Salma Paralluelo put Jorge Vilda’s men ahead, Blomqvist equalized in minute 88, but just after Olga Carmona’s missile allowed the team to fight to win the World Cup. A feat that provoked endless reactions on social networks, where not only the players were congratulated on their triumph, but also the mutineers were pointed out as the big losers of this world cup.

It should be remembered that last September fifteen players from the Spanish women’s soccer team resigned from playing with the national team “as long as the situation that arose in the last concentration with coach Jorge Vilda is not reversed, as confirmed by the RFEF , who was adamant in his position of not “admitting any type of pressure from any player when adopting measures in the sporting field.” However, in a surprising change of script, last June, the vast majority of the 15 players who sent an email to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) asking not to be called up until things changed sent a new email to the RFEF saying that they were available again and that they could be summoned if the coach Jorge Vilda so desired. Some emails in which, according to internal sources, no apology was collected. A retreat that was harshly criticized on social networks and to which the Federation only gave in minimally.

There were twelve who backed down and announced their availability to play the World Cup, but Vilda only recovered three of the 15: Ona Batlle, Mariona Caldentey and Aitana Bonmatí. The rest follow the World Cup from Spain. Seven of them, Mapi León, Patri Guijarro, Claudia Pina, Lola Gallardo, Ainhoa ​​Moraza, Nerea Eizagirre and Amaiur, stayed out by their own decision and the other five – Lucía García, Laia Aleixandri, Leila Ouahabi, Sandra Paños and Andrea Pereira- after being ruled out by the coach for technical reasons.

a thunderous silence

However, yesterday they were once again the protagonists and not for having contributed to the historic achievement of Spanish women’s soccer but for their resounding silence. There was not a single word of congratulations, encouragement or support for her companions. The only noteworthy gesture in networks has been a “like” by Lola Gallardo to a tweet by Carlota Planas, the first woman to run a soccer player agency in Spain. “Also proud of Patri Guijarro, Claudia Pina, Lola Gallardo and Leila Ouahabi for making it possible. This milestone belongs to EVERYONE,” wrote the agent.

But in addition to the striking “exit from the forum”, the rebels were also very present in the words of the president of the Federation, Luis Rubiales, who did not hesitate to throw an epic dart at them after La Roja’s victory. “What we have endured has been a lot. Let Jorge Vilda be called into question, who is a hard-working man, a world-class coach, who has resigned from other teams that offered him more money and stayed in Spain. We have stayed with those who have always wanted to be, but also with those who have valued the great work that has been done to grow, and we have forgotten the people with resentment that do not add up. He has continued working with his people and has not listened to those who wanted to destroy ”.

2023-08-16 10:22:55
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