2023-09-17 06:56:41
Athenea del Castillo must feel very alone. While 21 of the 23 Spanish world champions refused to return to the selection following the Luis Rubiales affair (Claudi Zornoza retired internationally but supported the action of his teammates), the Real Madrid striker decided to remain selectable .
Faced with the revolt and the questions regarding her choice, the 22-year-old player justified her decision in a long press release on social networks. “I completely agree, as my teammates have already expressed, to denounce everything that happened with Jenni Hermoso and to highlight the inappropriate and lamentable behavior of Luis Rubiales”she says.
“I especially want to play football”
However, the world champion believes that the combined departures of president Rubiales and coach Jorge Vilda, with whom the players were in conflict, allow the return of the players to the selection.
“Considering that a significant part of our requests have been satisfied, I do not plan to renounce the appeal of the selection, she declares. I believe that the best way to bring regarding the changes we are calling for, or at least to initiate them, is from within. »
Del Castillo wants to put football and performance forward following a world title that is tiring during and following the competition. “We are the world champion selection, we cannot forget that. All the players, we have had a horrible few weeks following achieving one of the most important achievements in Spanish football, and I want to go to football, see football and above all play football. »
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It now remains to be seen how the new coach Montse Tomé will manage to compose his group. He already knows that he can count on the attacker.
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