Athenea del Castillo and Claudia Zornoza did not want to sign the manifesto of the 23 world champions against the Spanish Football Association, in which they declared themselves ineligible to play for the national team. After the FUTPRO union leaked on Friday morning that no world champions were qualified to take part, along with 18 other players new women’s coach Montse Tomé The two Real Madrid players did not want to follow in the footsteps of the majority.
Zorzon He then announced his withdrawal from the Spanish team Athena del Castillo He remains true to his firm belief that he is still eligible to play for the national team. In this case there were two clearly differentiated groups. One is commanded by the FC Barcelona players in line with the president of the women’s union Amanda Gutiérrez take the lead most of the time. The other group consisted of some Real Madrid players who are not at all happy with this behavior because they consider it extreme and counterproductive to their interests.
As OKDIARIO learned, It was the players’ own clubs that urged many of them to come to their senses. after declaring themselves ineligible for Montse Tomé’s first list on Friday morning for their scheduled games against Sweden and Switzerland next week. Athena del Castillo Without going any further, he called the Federation on Friday morning to confirm his availability.
The all-powerful Futpro union
He The Futpro union was responsible for the administration football players’ communication since Spain were crowned world champions in Australia almost a month ago. They were the ones who They made a statement about Luis Rubiales’ non-consensual kiss to Jenni Hermoso and also those that required profound changes in the Federation with the departure of coach Jorge Vilda.
The appointment of Montse Tomé as the new coach did not satisfy a group that had made an explosive statement an hour earlier the selector’s presentation. However, this stubborn attitude found that some of the footballers who have so far supported Futpro’s opinion Now they went alone.
The dismissal of LluÃs Cortés
It is not the first time that there has been a mutiny against a coach in which the Barça players are the protagonists. In the 2020/21 season LluÃs Cortés led the culé club to a historic threesome Winning the Champions League, League and Queen’s Cup. Many of the current protagonists were in the team in which the coach himself worked He eventually resigned after a locker room confrontation.
“It has been a year of great attrition and, the truth and the only reason, It’s just that time wears everything down. “What this group needs to continue winning and competing are various changes and I am very clear that one of them is to take a step aside and put the club and the team above all else Cortés said of his departure.
This team had players who were crucial to Spain’s success, such as Aitana BonmatÃ, Mariona Caldentey, Jenni Hermoso and Alexia Putellas. This precedent is very present in the current actions that led to the departure of Vilda and the mutiny against Monste Tomé.
