Jenny Hermoso has been at the center of a storm since Spain won the Women's World Cup. Photo: Reuters/Daniel Becerril < p>Jenny Hermoso gave a sharp response to the claims of the new head coach of the Spanish national team Monse Tomé that she did not call up the striker to her team for the sake of her own protection.
Hermoso, who accused the former The president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, for sexual assault after being kissed on the lips after the World Cup final, was expelled from the first team, along with the former assistant coach. Jorge Vilda says: “We think the best way to protect her is like this.”
However, Hermoso responded with a harsh statement on social media, asking: “Protect me from what? And from whom?
“We searched for weeks, even months, for protection from the RFEF, but it never came. The people who are now asking us to trust them are the same people who today revealed the list of players who asked NOT to call them.»
Hermoso also says it is clear that «nothing has changed» at the RFEF after her teammates received international call-ups on Monday, despite having already announced their intention to boycott.
Players Spain internationals whose names were named in Thome's squad for Nations League matches against Sweden on Friday and Switzerland next Tuesday said they needed legal advice as they decide whether to attend a training camp on Tuesday morning.
< img src="/wp- content/uploads/2023/09/173c5c0c3ba595da98df8994e62883f0.jpg" />Montse Thome replaced Jorge Vilda as head coach of the Spanish national team. Photo: Getty Images/Thomas Coex
A statement signed on Friday by 39 players, including Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas and Hermoso, said they would not play for their national team again until there were further structural changes at the RFEF to improve the status of women in football. Players believe that the RFEF ignored this statement.
On Monday, the RFEF issued a statement calling on players to join them as they vowed to make changes, saying: «We guarantee a safe environment for players and are committed to creating an atmosphere of mutual trust so that we can work together and ensure that women's football continues to develop much faster.» «.
Hermoso responded by saying: «Let's be clear: a statement was made that the environment within the federation would be safe for the reunion of my colleagues, but at the press conference it was announced that I was not being called for that to protect. Protect me from what?
“The players are sure that this is another strategy of division and manipulation in order to intimidate and threaten us with legal consequences and economic sanctions. This is yet another irrefutable proof that even today nothing has changed.
“I want to once again express my full support to my colleagues who were caught off guard and forced to respond to yet another misfortune. The situation is caused by the people who continue to make decisions at RFEF. That's why we fight and why we do it this way.»
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