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BARCELONA: Spanish internationals selected by new coach Montse Tome gathered on Tuesday (Sep 19) at the women's national team training camp, despite declaring themselves unavailable, with doubts about their willingness to play in upcoming Nations League games persisting.
BARCELONA: Striking Spanish internationals called up to the women's team reiterated their desire not to form part of the squad in a new blow for the shaken Spanish football federation (RFEF).
Jenni Hermoso has accused the Spanish football federation of ‘intimidation’ and making ‘threats’ after the governing body called up a host of players who asked not to join up with the women’s national team.
A number of Spain's World Cup-winning stars reluctantly reported for national team duty on Tuesday amid concerns they could face sanctions for refusing to be called up.
Some of Spain's World Cup-winning players started reporting to training camp Tuesday despite not wanting to be called up for the national team while fighting for changes in the soccer federation.
(FILES) Spain’s players stand in a huddle ahead of the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women’s World Cup final football match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney on August 20, 2023. – Almost all of the Spain’s Womens World Cup-winning squad will continue to reject national team call-ups unless there are more changes at the Spanish football federation following the scandal over Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss, the players said on a statement on September 15, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Striking Spanish internationals called up to the women's team reiterated their desire not to form part of the squad in a new blow for the shaken Spanish football federation (RFEF). New coach Montse Tome called up 15 of the Women's World Cup winners earlier Monday for Nations League matches, most of whom had said they did not want to play for their country until wider changes had been made at the federation. Former president Luis Rubiales resigned three weeks after he forcibly kissed midfielder Jenni Hermoso following Spain's triumph in Sydney on August 20, after receiving an unprecedented worldwide backlash.
Football star Jenni Hermoso has accused the Spanish federation of seeking to "intimidate and threaten" the World Cup champion players by calling them up against their will for two Nations League matches. The Spain international, who was forcibly kissed by former Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales following her team's triumph in Sydney on August 20, was not included in the squad but expressed her support for the rest of her team-mates. "The players are certain that this is yet another strategy of division and manipulation to intimidate and threaten us with legal repercussions and economic sanctions," the player, currently with Mexican club Pachuca, said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.