The former national men’s soccer coach Vicente del Bosqueworld champion in 2010 and European champion in 2012, will chair the Supervisory Commission, Normalization and Representation created by the Higher Sports Council (CSD) to protect the Real spanish soccer federation (RFEF), as announced by the Government spokesperson and Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría.
“It is a pride for me to be able to announce to you that the person who will hold the presidency and represent this normalization and representation commission is Vicente del Bosque. He will be the face, we will see him in the next Champions League final that It will be played in Bilbao, during the Euro Cup and, of course, in the Games,” said the head of the Sports Ministry at the press conference following the meeting of the Council of Ministers held this Tuesday in Moncloa.
The CSD announced last week the creation of a Supervision, Standardization and Representation Commission that will oversee the operation of the RFEF in the coming months. avoiding then making a decision about Pedro Rocha and the rest of the members of the federative Management Commission after the file opened two weeks ago by the Administrative Court of Sports (TAD).
According to the CSD, the organization thus responded to “the crisis of the federative entity” and acted “in defense of the general interest of Spain.” “The Government has adopted this decision to correct the serious situation that the RFEF is going through and so that the entity can begin a stage of regeneration under a climate of stability and institutionality,” he said.
The CSD announced that “independent people of recognized prestige will be at the head of this commission” and reiterated that “the situation of the RFEF requires high-mindedness.” And now he announces that the chosen one is Vicente del Bosque, national coach of the team that won the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 and the European Championship in Ukraine in 2012.
“He represents the best of football in our country, not only for his sporting successes, he is our world champion, our European champion, above all, and I can practically speak on behalf of all the men and women of this country, it is a man loved and respected by the entire field of football, by players, coaches and by citizens in general,” the minister highlighted during her appearance.
Alegría reiterated that Vicente del Bosque is “the clearest representation of a good person, of great human quality and, above all, an example of a man.” “I thank him for his commitment to the sport of our country and to his country in general for representing us so worthily in the face of those challenges that we have ahead of us with the Euro Cup and with the Games,” he said.
The Executive spokesperson recalled that the Supervision, Normalization and Representation Commission is “a body of protection and supervision” with “three objectives.” “Firstly, represent Spanish football, secondly, ensure the transparency and good work of the next electoral process after the Games, and thirdly, successfully face the challenges that Spanish football faces. , the Euro Cup, the Games and also the design of the 2030 World Cup,” he concluded.
The Higher Sports Council (CSD), for its part, reported in a press release that the man from Salamanca will be accompanied by “independent people of recognized prestige, together with whom Spanish football will face very important challenges, among which the design of the candidacy of the 2030 World Cup.”
“The creation of this Supervision, Normalization and Representation Commission is based on the Sports Law, which in its articles highlights the role of the General Administration of the State in the representation of Spanish sport and which, likewise, contemplates public supervision in those aspects that are considered of general interest to the State,” the Council recalled.
For this reason, the body chaired by José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes “trusts that all football agents, including the RFEF itself, UEFA and FIFA, will collaborate with this Commission, with which the Government, in defense of the general interest of Spain, gives a constructive response to the reputational crisis that the Royal Spanish Football Federation has been experiencing for some time.