Former Spanish women’s football coach Jorge Vilda said Tuesday’s dismissal of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) was unfair and stressed that he had not expected such a decision after the recent world title victory.
“I didn’t expect it. It was unfair”the coach, who also played the role of sports director, told the Spanish television channel Cadena Ser, hours after being relieved of his position as coach by the RFEF, which now has Pedro Rocha as president, because of the ‘Rubiales’ scandal.
It concerns the behavior of Luís Rubiales in the final of the Women’s World Cup, then in power as president and now suspended by FIFA, after he grabbed and kissed a player without permission, after he made inappropriate gestures when he was on the field stood. stands, during the game that led Spain to its first world title.
“I’m as good as you can be after becoming world champion 16 days ago, after extending my contract for another four years with a higher salary ten days ago. [terça-feira] unfairly dismissed”launched Jorge Vilda and revealed that he was told during the meeting with Pedro Rocha that the decision was made because of “structural changes”.
And he added: “After 17 years in women’s football, after all I’ve achieved and after leaving my skin as a maid for the federation, I have a clear conscience. I gave everything.”
The former selector also confessed that he “didn’t expect” this outcome and that he maintained the “illusion and hope” of being treated well, as he always had been until now.
“I saw myself strong enough to participate in the League of Nations and the Olympic Games”he noted, then explained the applause he gave for Luis Rubiales’ speech at the RFEF General Assembly on Aug. 25, in which Rubiales said he would not step down as president of the entity.
“I will never applaud anything sexist and I will never applaud anything that goes against feminism, taking it as a fight for equality and equality. The boss was against me and he’s making it public that he appreciates me”justified.
Vilda also stressed that “it is very complicated, with 140 people applauding, to be the only one who does not stand up”, but reiterated his view that Rubiales’ actions during the World Cup final were “inappropriate”.
Coach Montse Tomé is the new Spanish women’s football coach and is the first woman to hold this position in Spain, replacing Jorge Vilda.
The Asturian coach, who has been Vilda’s assistant until now, was chosen as part of the “regeneration measures” announced on Friday by the new president of the Spanish federation, Pedro Rocha.
The appointment of Montse Tomé and the resignation of Jorge Vilda came on the same day that the RFEF institutionally, through the incumbent president, sought the most sincere apologies from world football and fans for the behavior of suspended president Luís Rubiales.
Source: DN
