The Real Madrid player considers that the requested changes are necessary but gives a vote of confidence to whoever is now in charge
Athenea alludes to her duty as a soccer player and the desire to live again and play soccer given the opportunity to fight to go to the Olympic Games.
Athenea del Castilloone of the two world soccer champions who have not signed the statement signed by 39 players demanding changes in the structure of the Spanish Federation (RFEF) He announced this Friday that he is not considering resigning from the national team due to the proximity of the League of Nations and because he considers an important part of his demands “satisfied.”.
“Given the proximity of the Nations League dispute and taking into account that An important part of our demands have been satisfied, I do not contemplate giving up the call of the National Team (…) We are footballers, we owe it to our profession and we have to fulfill our duty“he said in a statement published on his social networks.
Del Castillo has not signed the document, as has the world champion. Claudia Zornoza, who announced hours before his retirement from the Spanish team. It was signed by 21 of her teammates who won the first title for their country in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and eighteen other professional players.
The Real Madrid forward explains in her statement that He “totally agrees” to denounce “everything that happened” with Jenni Hermoso and also criticizes the “totally out of place and regrettable” behavior of the former president of the RFEF Luis Rubiales after the World Cup final.
“For this reason, I signed a statement along with 80 other footballers in which we condemned the events and in which I stated that I would not go to the National Team if Luis Rubiales continued in his position. After that writing and the subsequent events that we all know, Luis Rubiales and Jorge Vilda are no longer in the RFEF,” recalls the Spanish international.
Athenea del Castillo also points out that the changes that demand “they have names” and consider that “the best way to provoke them or, at least, initiate them” is from within.
“Of course I consider that (the changes) are necessary, but I am also aware of the situation of total uncertainty that the RFEF is going through, so I want to give a vote of confidence to the people who have taken command at this moment.“adds Del the soccer player, who is clear that the players cannot execute the transformation they demand “because we are not the ones designated for that.”
He insists that they have to compete in the League of Nations that can open the door to playing in the Paris Olympic Games. “We are the World Champion Team and we cannot forget it, all the players have spent some horrible weeks after having achieved one of the most important feats in Spanish sport, and I particularly want to go to football, watch football and, above all, play football. football,” he concludes.