Chronology and strategy keys, which will not return

The Spanish women’s soccer team has been in limbo for months, maybe years, but the battle came to a head months ago, in a tug of war between RFEFthe chooser, Jorge Vilda, and a group of international soccer players who in September 2022 said enough and officially and individually requested not to be called up to the national team. The reason? A series of far-reaching structural changes that they consider necessary to seek to achieve results commensurate with the level of football players they have, complaints where the common denominator is the coach Jorge Vilda. Much has been written and many more opinions have been written on the subject in recent months, and now that the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is approaching and the pre-list of vilda As of this Monday, June 12, the fire has been further fanned by those who label the self-proclaimed players as fickle or who refer to the RFEF, in this case, as an immobile entity incapable of resolution a serious problem.

At MD we want to know and report the chronology and the keys to the rapprochement that will end up with some of the 15 email senders entering the list of vilda this Monday, and from what we learned, after consulting several sources of interested parties, all followed a series of steps, each one more important, in something that took place for many months and we can reveal below.

FIRST: TOTAL BREAKDOWN AND INTERMEDIATION OF FUTPRO

In the first place, the scenario was completely broken as a result of the email sent by 15 soccer players. Let us remember that they were Patri Guijarro, Aitana Bomnatí, Mapi León, Mariona Caldentey, Sandra Paños and Claudia Pina (Barça), Lola Gallardo and Ainhoa ​​​​Moraza (Atlético), Nerea Eizaguirre and Amaiur Sarriegi (Real Sociedad), Lucía García and Ona Batlle ( Manchester United ), Leila Ouahabi and Laia Aleixandri (Manchester City) and Andrea Pereira (Club América). The first step, after a while, was the start of negotiations between the parties in the dialogue of the FutPro union, with Amanda Gutierrez on the head. The first position of the RFEF is clear. Jorge Vilda was not touched and did not mention his removal, but the federal entity admitted that there are elements that should be improved and aspects that can be developed. Several meetings were held, always with the mediation of the above-mentioned union, and about two or three months ago a chapter began which in course of time became important.

SECOND: ANA ÁLVAREZ TAKES ACTION

Several of the players from the group of 15 personally went to Madrid to meet with Ana Álvarez, the women’s football director of the RFEF. They had long meetings, lasting more than two hours in some cases, where they exchanged their views and the soccer players received feedback from the federation indicating that some of their requests were being listened to and attended to .

THIRD: POSITIVE ‘FEEDBACK’ AND BETTER INSIDE TO KEEP CHANGING

Another important point, perhaps decisive, is what the players want Paredes, Alexia, Paños, Aitana, Ona Batlle, Lucía García and Laia Aleixandri, and some others, they saw the RFEF as having a good predisposition and decided that, once the change started, they could do more from the inside than from the outside. If they want to achieve, for the common good, a competitive team that can maximize its capacity with the best resources from outside, it will be more complicated.

FOURTH: ‘STAFF’ FIRST THEN VILDA

It is after the positive ‘feedback’ and the first feelings to fix the situation that the following contacts of some of the 15 are, little by little, with different members of the coaching staff of the senior team. A first contact that served as a precedent for, now yes, the great gesture that sealed the final rapprochement. The visit of Jorge Vildapersonally, in training with his club of different soccer players of 15. The coach, knowing the steps taken by the soccer players, believed that he was the opportunity, and that’s when the ice broke, a hindrance months ago. seemingly insurmountable was demolished.

FIFTH (AND LAST): THE EMAIL

in conversation with vilda They laid the foundations to finally declare themselves formally eligible again in the same format in which they showed their rejection, through an email, although, for sporting reasons, not everyone who sent the email it was recently on the list of vilda this Monday.

PS: ZERO CONFLICTS WITH those that are maintained

reported last week Andrea Pelaez in Cope Chain that Mapi León, Patri Guijarro and Claudia Pina They did not send an email and remained firm in their starting position. In the past, the same medium has also consulted Aitana Bonmati was one of the email senders, while Laia coll in RAC1 added the name of Sandra Cloths among those who became eligible again. In all of them, those who decided to return and those who did not, there was no conflict, the personal positions were fully respected and the decisions were understood, following the fact that everyone has a specific view of the relationship . in the initials of the request.