LAS ROZAS (MADRID), Nov. 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The national women’s soccer coach, Jorge Vilda, stated this Friday that he believes that everything that is happening in the national team can be resolved with “dialogue, which is what unites people and solves problems” because he still does not know “what has happened” so that 15 players have “self-excluded” from the calls, while he reiterated that they are “super-ambitious” when it comes to achieving success, but that they need “time”.
“I am going to answer very briefly: dialogue, which is what unites people and solves problems,” Vilda said at a press conference. “One day everything will have to be clarified, we are open to dialogue and for that we have to take the step,” she remarked.
The coach of the national team assured that he is “waiting to know what has happened.” “We would be delighted to have this information to solve it and for people to know it. I am not clear about it and I would like to know it.”, he confessed. In this sense, he regretted that “questions that are false” about his person have been insinuated.
The coach confirmed that “for now” he has not had any “communication” with the 15 players who asked not to be called up. “What we have evidence of is that they have excluded themselves from possibly being summoned,” he warned, pointing out that he may have contact “with many players who come and with many who do not,” but that he maintains it “with different players “.
The man from Madrid reiterated that what happened “is something you never expect, and more so as the team has been growing and with good performances in the last seven years.” “It was a surprise and you have not predicted its duration, but it is something unpleasant and I would have liked it not to have happened,” he said.
“You have to accept the situation, it is what it is. These 15 players have excluded themselves and from then on there is a team of the highest level and they have shown it in the first concentration by beating the United States and showing an impressive union and attitude “added Vilda, who recalled that “the atmosphere in the national team has always been familiar and with one hundred percent training”. “We have met some players with enthusiasm, eager to earn a position and represent their country, which is the maximum a player can aspire to,” she stressed.
As to whether there has been a dialogue with Alexia Putellas, he took the opportunity to “congratulate her again” on her second Ballon d’Or, “a success for Spanish football and sport”, although there have been no further questions with the FC Barcelona midfielder. “I am hoping that she recovers from it and we can see her in the fields,” she settled.
On the other hand, he made it clear that any initiative that the FUTPRO union is carrying out to solve this problem is not his “competence”, but he did warn that he hopes that the alleged pressures on the players by “gravity” have not “occurred”. what that would entail.
On a personal level, Vidal admitted that he feels “the affection” of the people on the street, but that he sees it more “as support for the national team.” The coach has managed to “normalize” what is happening and the criticism he is receiving because he is “focused on football and the team”. “If not, it would be impossible to achieve what we have done in the previous concentration”, he pointed out.
“It affects, it is not pleasant especially for the family and I would like it to be otherwise, especially because it is not known what has happened and in the face of those doubts it is human to think of situations that have never occurred and that is why I encourage again for a player to come out and say if there has been something in my behavior that hasn’t been pristine and respectful, that’s what can do a little more damage,” she said.
The man from Madrid once demanded “time” to be able to achieve success with the Absolute. “We see how we are capable of playing to win and having a style recognized worldwide. In the latest data from UEFA it is well reflected, we have been the team with the most possession and the second that generates the most chances. We are on the way right and the players are convinced that this is the way, knowing that we have to improve and always looking inward on what we can improve,” she said.
Vilda is clear that in the national team they are “super-ambitious”. “We are the first to want to go as far as possible and if we don’t get there, we are not satisfied. Nobody can question our ambition or that of the RFEF, which is the first to want national women’s football to be at the forefront”, she stressed.
For the coach, the U-20 and U-17 world titles show that they are “the best academy in the world”, a condition that has cost them “a lot of work, years, a methodology and a way of thinking”. “In this last call there are seven players who can make their debut and it’s good news,” he clarified.
Vilda valued the “great structure” they have and that “the logical thing” is that the U-17 world champions “now go with Sonia (Bermúdez) to the U-19”. “All those who reach the Absolute go through all the selections, but that does not mean that some with an extraordinary performance and can skip that step, but thinking that it is the best for her and her development”, detailed the coach.
Finally, Jorge Vilda was pleased that Salma Paralluelo has recovered “well” from her injury and has her available again and expressed his hope for the next World Cup. “I’m focusing on the present, on making these players better,” he said.
