“Professional league but we’re still the same; same problems and same harmed, we, the players & rdquor ;, Aitana Bonmatí wrote on her social networks. FC Barcelona had planned to start the season on Sunday with a derby against Levante Las Planas, but the arbitration strike, or rather, the constant disputes between the institutions that make up the competition, prevented it.
“Plan, train and prepare for the start of the competition to go to the field knowing that you will not play. Impossible to justify that it has come to this. Those affected? Players, staff, teams and fans,” claimed Jonatan Giráldez, Barça coach. “If we want a Professional League, we must look for a better way”, he added. Spanish football is once again in the spotlight. The 16 clubs were obliged to act normally, they traveled, they waited the 30 minutes that the league asked of them, they made a call and even line-ups. The Real society, as vindication, he jumped onto the pitch without the federation patch, while Real Madrid showed them their support in a statement.
Plan, train and prepare for the start of the competition to go to the field knowing that you will not play. Impossible to justify that it has come to this.
Those affected?
Players, staff, teams and fans.
If we want a Professional League, we must find a better way.– Jonatan Giráldez (@giraldez_jona) September 11, 2022
Women’s football demands respect. The discussions between the two organizations -RFEF and LPFF- They have never stopped. First there were discrepancies due to the calendar, then due to the number of non-EU members, due to relegations, due to the acquisition of television rights, and when everything seemed to be resolved, the arbitration strike exploded.
The Higher Sports Council (CSD) has already been forced to intervene on several occasions for the constitution of the F League, and they will have to take the reins if they want it to start. This strike especially punishes Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, who in 10 days will face the last phase of qualifying for the Champions League and who had planned a rhythm of competition that they will not finally have.
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“Once again we talk about what could have been and will not be. There is still a long way to go,” said Marta Carro, a Valencia player, given the impossibility of playing. 18 months of negotiations and a strike forced the first collective agreement in history. The demands of the referees, on the other hand, and like almost everything in the feminine, arrive late and in a hurry. Less than a week of negotiation, strike first and explanations later.
“We understand and respect the claims but we do not share the times”, explained Francis Díaz, coach of Betis Féminas. This Monday (at 12:30 p.m.) the referees will explain their reasons. And the LPFF has already summoned them at 5:00 p.m. to discuss their conditions independently of the RFEF.