Spanish national team football players said they would continue to boycott the matches of the national team

The Spanish football players who won the 2023 World Cup refused to return to the national team, despite the resignation of the President of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales. 21 out of 23 members of the national team said they would continue to boycott the matches until the country of football will have changes.

In their statement, football players called for the restructuring of the departments of communications, marketing and ethics, as well as to the resignation of interim president Pedro Roshi. Now, according to the signator, the leadership did not take enough measures for the football players to feel safe and can work effectively.

Spanish team football players announced a boycott and refused to play for the national team after President Luis Rubiales, without consent, kissed the captain of the national team Jennifer Ermoso after the victory in the championship on August 20.

On September 7, the football player filed an official complaint with the prosecutor’s office against Rubiales, and on September 11 he announced that he was leaving the post of chief coach. Now the national team is headed by the former Barcelona player Montserrat Tome. On the eve of September 15, the Madrid court forbade the former president of the Spanish Football Federation to the Ermos football player closer than 200 meters.