No going back for the moment. The Spanish are sticking to their position. On August 25, the 23 players of the Spanish national team, crowned world champions in Australia a few days earlier, signed a letter of resignation announcing that they refused to play again for the selection under the current management of the team. federation, led by Luis Rubiales, at the heart of the forced kiss affair.
The boss of Spanish football has been implicated since he kissed a player, Jennifer Hermoso, on the mouth, by surprise, after the coronation in the final of the Women’s World Cup. Despite the resignation of Luis Rubiales and coach Jorge Vilda, the reigning world champions, who met this Thursday according to the Spanish press, still refuse to return to the selection while the Nations League matches are looming and that the new coach of the national team, Montse Tomé, must announce the list of selected this Friday afternoon.
Meeting several times, the last of which this Thursday afternoon, the Spanish players announced that they would not reconsider their decision to return to play for the national team as long as there were no structural changes and also other changes in the figures of the federation. Montse Tomé will therefore be deprived of its best elements for the two Nation League matches on September 22 against Sweden and September 26 against Switzerland.
