Jorge Vilda: “I am not resigning. This is world ridiculous."

Not one step back.

Quite the contrary.

With a half smile that betrayed his evident nervousness -"I don't wish what I'm going through on anyone"-, the coach of the women's team, Jorge Vilda, appeared this Friday before public opinion to make it clear that he has never been It crossed my mind to resign after learning of the resignation email of 15 players and that, if someone has to make a move in this unprecedented conflict, it is the soccer players who sent the letter to the federation a week ago, whom he accused of lack of dialogue and clarity in their complaints.

A week after everything was blown up, the day showed the stark distance between the two parties.

Perhaps insurmountable.

“It would be unfair to take me out of the way, because of what we have built.

My solution is this list of 23 and look ahead.

I don't see another.

Call those who are convinced and let there be no more pressure, ”she said.

And if they ask for forgiveness? They questioned him in the press room.

“It can be a beginning to return to what was in the past.

It is what the federation said [in its statement] and I am here”, she added without great conviction or wanting to “consider hypotheses”.

Among the 23 chosen to face Sweden (October 7 in Córdoba) and the United States (October 11 in Pamplona), there are also, in addition to the 15 rebels, Irene Paredes and Jenni Hermoso.

Of the first, although she did not send the letter or spread the collective explanation on networks -as Alexia Putellas did- she did transcend her support for the plant and a month ago she already spoke of "a general malaise".

And Hermoso, in an individual note, showed her support for her companions, although she did disagree with the forms.

Asked several times about the two veterans, Vilda did not want to offer details.

🔴 𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 I These are the squad for the next @SEFutbolFem matches

🆚 𝗦𝘂𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮: On October 7 in Córdoba.

🆚 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘀: On October 11 in Pamplona.

📺 Both matches can be seen on @teledeporte #JugarLucharYGanar pic.twitter.com/0kKSHgxfnG

– Spanish Women's Soccer Team (@SEFutbolFem) September 30, 2022

“This is ridiculous worldwide when we could feel very proud.

He has thrown the stone and has hidden his hand, ”denounced the coach, who dedicated the entire appearance to defending his mandate, his training methods, and his professional and dialogue capacity.

If there was a bit of self-criticism, it was to acknowledge that perhaps he had been wrong to line up players at a certain time.

“I am ultimately responsible for the results.

That I am the only one to blame, I doubt it, ”he stated.

“I am hurt and this is unfair.

For interests this has been set up”, he released without offering more details, although he did insist on answering all the questions, even correcting a member of the federation when he wanted to end the press conference after half an hour (it finally lasted 50 minutes) .

“I am confused and uneasy because I don't know what they are asking for.

I wish they spoke clearly and had told me in person.

I have not received precise information of the changes that they need.

My office is always open and, if there has been a lack of dialogue, it has not been on our part, ”said the technician, who assured, also without revealing details, that he had talked a lot with them and that they had never demanded his resignation.

As soon as the crisis exploded, federative sources did acknowledge that they had taken on some of the players' requests after the European Championship, who reported that the coach's message was worn out, and that measures were already being taken.

Vilda, in addition to denying controlling tics, strove to defend her career -"I've been in this for 21 years"-, and her soccer criteria, questioned by a relevant part of the locker room through people close to them.

“They come from all over the world to see us train, we are at the forefront.

And something we will have to see in its formation.

The Champions League has existed for four or five years, but before its only stimulus was the national team.

Some of the signatories have 50 internationalities, and now we come with this? ”, She pointed out.

“You have to be brave”

As soon as he sat down, accompanied by his coaching staff and three coaches from the lower men's categories -Luis de la Fuente, from the sub-21;

Santi Denia, from the sub-19;

and Julen Guerrero, from the sub-17-, Vilda launched herself with a speech of pain and spite that she was very clear about.

“Due to the lack of clarity of the message from the players, doubts have been raised as to whether something extra-sports has happened.

So I challenge all the players I have coached in my career to say if there has been a lack of respect.

You have to be brave,” he exclaimed.

According to his testimony, everything was going perfectly until he offered the final list of 23 for the European Championship last summer.

“The players have always been delighted in these six years and also in the first 15 days of the concentration prior to the Euro.

When we said the 23 chosen, things changed.

I don't explain it to myself," she said.

Back in England, Spain fell to Germany in the group stage (2-0) and to England in the quarterfinals (2-1 after extra time).

“We competed against the best and we were not worse.

We were close to a historic feat.

We had two years without losing.

In my stage, we have played 90 games and we have won 60. You have to be patient and calm.

In lower categories we have already been champions.

I ask for calm.

How long did it take for the men to become world champion?

100 years”, he defended before a packed auditorium,

However, the vase ended up breaking at the turn of the continental tournament, each day that passes the wound bleeds more and nobody knows if there is a possible tourniquet for such destruction.

His way out, as he insisted this Friday, is to push forward with what there is.

"We will create a family atmosphere again," he settled, screwed against one of the oldest laws in football: it is easier to fire the coach than 15 players.

In his case, he continues and the federation supports him.

And all this bankruptcy, less than a year before the World Cup.

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