The brand new coach of the Spain ladies’s workforce, Montse Tome, has chosen 15 gamers who gained the Girls’s World Cup for upcoming Nations League matches. Nevertheless, one notable omission from the squad is midfielder Jenni Hermoso. Regardless of most of the gamers nonetheless being on strike, Tome determined to incorporate them in her squad. Hermoso was on the middle of controversy final month after an incident the place former Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed her. Because of this, 39 gamers went on strike, resulting in Rubiales’ resignation and the sacking of coach Jorge Vilda. Experiences earlier within the day urged that the World Cup successful gamers wouldn’t be included attributable to their want for additional adjustments. Nevertheless, the Spanish federation urged the gamers to return again. Alongside two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas, Tome additionally named Barcelona teammates Mapi Leon and Patri Guijarro, who weren’t a part of the World Cup squad attributable to their very own protest towards the federation and Vilda. Tome said that she trusts the professionalism of the gamers and believes they are going to all be current. She additionally talked about that she left Hermoso out of the squad to guard her, as she has labored along with her for 5 years and needs to help her. The brand new coach sees this as the beginning of a brand new period for the nationwide workforce and assures that every one gamers have equal alternatives.
