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Spain players face punishment if they refuse to play: government

(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)

Spain Players Reiterate Strike Intention Despite National Call-Up

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.

Jenni Hermoso Accuses Spanish Federation Of Bid To 'Intimidate' Players

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.

Pemain Perempuan Spanyol Masih Boikot Pemanggilan Timnas

Timnas Spanyol memanggil 23 pemain perempuan untuk berlaga di ajang UEFA Nations League. Boikot masih dilakukan sebagai bentuk protes.

New Spain coach seeks to draw World Cup winners out of boycott

LAS ROZAS, Spain: Spain's new women's football team coach Montse Tome on Monday (Sep 18) selected most of the players who last month won the Women's World Cup for fixtures against Sweden and Switzerland in an apparent bid to force them to end their boycott.

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Spain players face punishment if they refuse to play: government

Spain Players Reiterate Strike Intention Despite National Call-Up

Jenni Hermoso Accuses Spanish Federation Of Bid To 'Intimidate' Players

Pemain Perempuan Spanyol Masih Boikot Pemanggilan Timnas

New Spain coach seeks to draw World Cup winners out of boycott

Spanish court throws out Rubiales' pre-kiss defamation lawsuit

Spain include 15 World Cup winners in squad, but not Hermoso

Spain name majority of World Cup winners in new squad but Jenni Hermoso absent