Notable players emerge: Spanish chaos becomes an affair of state

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The Spanish government has declared the dispute between the football world champions and the RFEF association, with its ever-changing levels of escalation, a matter of state. The threat of punishment apparently has an effect: players appear at the meeting point of the national team on Tuesday morning.

“If they don’t come, the government should enforce the law. We do not want to sanction them, but the law is the law,” says Victor Francos, who, as chairman of the highest sports authority CSD, wants to put an end to the chaos: “The government has a duty to intervene. We will do everything we can to resolve the problem.”

Has the threat of a fine had any effect?

Spanish sports law provides for fines of between 3,000 and 30,000 euros and a ban of up to five years for nominees who do not participate.

After the new national coach Montse Tome called up fifteen World Cup heroes in the selection for the upcoming Nations League matches against Sweden and Switzerland and reported that an agreement had been reached with the players who were actually on strike, they wanted nothing to do with it. about the. The players around two-time world footballer Alexia Putellas declared that they were still on strike and threatened the association with legal action.

Media waits – players show up

Jenni Hermoso (33), who is in the spotlight because of the kiss of the outgoing association president Luis Rubiales, was not summoned “for her own protection”.

Further developments initially remained open. Surrounded by dozens of camera crews, Tome will appear for the first time at the team hotel in Madrid on Tuesday. Then players arrive, including Olga Carmona. The scorer of the winning goal in the World Cup final against England (1-0) shared the attackers’ statement on Instagram on Monday evening. (AFP/mou)

Source : Blick