Luis Rubiales running out of allies or laughs. After effusively applauding each of the controversial statements made by the Supreme President of the Federation on the front row of the Luis Aragonés Auditorium in the Ciudad Deportiva de Las Rozas last Friday, Luis de la Fuente, coach of the men’s team, rebuked: “Without relief, the wrong is done. ‘ and inappropriate behavior by the President.’ The La Roja coach, who will announce the schedule for the senior team’s games against Georgia and Cyprus on September 1, distances himself. “The events organized by Luis Rubiales have not respected the minimum protocol that must be observed in these solemn acts and they are neither edifying nor appropriate for a person who represents all of Spanish football.” recognized,” De la Fuente said in a statement.
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De la Fuente, who has been with Las Rozas since 2013, first as U19 coach and then as U21 boss, took over as head of the absolute team on December 8 after Luis Enrique left the bench following the La Roja fiasco at the World Cup from Qatar had. The coach is a Rubiales bet. A coach without an outstanding track record in professional football, close to the players, docile (in principle) to the President, dealing with a difficult-to-manage coach like Luis Enrique. “I want this unpleasant episode to end as soon as possible, for the good of Spanish football, and for the competent bodies to take the appropriate decisions as soon as possible,” concludes De la Fuente.
But De la Fuente wasn’t the only one who distanced himself. Jorge Vilda suffered a defeat on his staff. Eleven members of the Spanish women’s coaching staff, including Jorge Vilda, the first coach, have offered their positions to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in support of Jenni Hermoso and the rest of the international players.
The eleven people signing a statement published on Twitter express “their strongest and strongest condemnation of the behavior of the President of the Spanish Football Federation”, Luis Rubiales, together with Jenni Hermoso, whose version of the facts they support, on the other hand, provided by the head .
In this way, “in the face of the unacceptable attitudes and demonstrations of the top leader of the RFEF”, the eleven signatories make their positions available to her: Montse Tomé, Javier Lerga, Eugenio Gonzalo, Blanca Romero, Carlos Sánchez, Rubén Jiménez, Sonia Bermúdez, Javier Velázquez, Javier Egido, Ander Ruiz and Eelena Fernandez.
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