Real Madrid player Olga Carmona, who scored the winning goal in the Aug. 20 World Cup final against England, and four other striking internationals joined their coach and her staff at a hotel near Madrid airport, an AFP journalist noted.
All were signatories to the press release published on Friday, in which 39 players, including 21 of the 23 world champions, announced that the conditions had not been met for them to play again with Spain. After the resignation of Luis Rubiales after his forced kiss imposed on Jenni Hermoso, and the dismissal of coach Jorge Vilda, whose methods they criticized, they are demanding profound structural changes in the Spanish Football Federation.
A sixth player, Athenea del Castillo, who is not on strike, also turned up on Monday, while her other teammates are expected at the Oliva camp, near Valencia, according to Spanish media, to prepare for the Nations League match in Sweden on Thursday.
Will all the strikers accept their summons? “Yes,” assured coach Montse Tomé when she arrived at the hotel, after causing a surprise on Monday by announcing a list of fifteen world champions and other players who had asked not to be selected in the meantime of a total overhaul of the federation.
The internationals confirmed in the evening their desire not to be summoned, while saying they were considering the “possible legal consequences” of a refusal to respond to that call.
But they appear to have given up, faced with threats of sanctions from the president of the Superior Sports Council (CSD), Victor Francos: the Spanish sports law of 2022 stipulates that not participating in national team call-ups constitutes a “very serious” offense .” , he recalled.
Potential fines range from 3,000 to 30,000 euros, and players can even lose their license for up to five years.
“If the players don’t show up, the government has to enforce the law. I’m sorry to say it like that, but we have to do what we have to do,” Victor Francos told Cadena Ser radio on Monday night. you on Tuesday.
The latter must now meet the actors to try to get out of the crisis, sources close to the CSD confirm to AFP.
Spain must face Sweden on Friday and Switzerland on September 26 in the Nations League, the qualifying tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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