There is only one international break – in April – before the World Cup to be held this summer in Australia and New Zealand and there are more unknowns than ever about who will participate in the tournament.

As England continues to make giant strides towards equality – the government announced an unprecedented £600m investment in school sport on Wednesday to ensure all girls have equal access to sport – the Spain could go to the World Cup without their best players as Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati, Mapi Leon, Irene Paredes, Mariona Caldentey, patri pebble, Claudia Pina, Ona Batlle either Nerea Eizagirreamong others.

Alexia: “We are not rebels”

“We are not rebels, I don’t think we should put adjectives like that. It’s a problem between the players and the Federation. Private conversations have leaked and this situation does not benefit anyone,” said he explained. Alexia Putellas in an interview with beIN SportsFrance.

“We want the players to be able to focus 100% on performance. It’s exhausting having to constantly ask for improvements. The managers need to improve our conditions without having to ask for it all the time,” he added.

distant postures

The captain of FC Barcelona, ​​​​as well as many of her teammates, have clarified on several occasions that this was an “internal” matter. While footballers love Mapi Leon either Nerea Eizagirreamong other things, maintain their position of not returning with the selection if there is no change, rubiales And vilda They are irremovable by their word: they want “committed players”.

Nuria Rabanoin statements for The Galician Mailalso showed his discomfort with the episode of medals in the Spanish Super Cup final: “The truth is that at the time it made us laugh a little, ironically. But I think that in the current state of affairs it was the same It would be better if they hadn’t gone down We continued our party and what we did we had just won a Cup and it wouldn’t be fair just because of that we are in a bad mood”.

Reaction from Canada and France

However, the protests of the teams of Canada – for the financing of women’s football – and France – with the coach in question – had consequences. The President of the Canadian Federation, Nick Bontisresigned his position after more than two years of inheritance and his place was taken by Charmaine crooks, the first woman to head the entity. With her, the football players have reached an agreement in principle for the financing of women’s football.

In France, after the resignations of Wendie Fox, Katoto either Dianiamong othersand despite the fact that the coach Corinne Deacon refusing to resign on the pretext that she was “the victim of a defamation campaign”, the Federation finally decided to dismiss her.

The changes finally came in the year of the World Cup. Changes needed moving forward. However, in Spain, doubts remain. We’ll see what happens in the months to come.