Fifteen of Spain's top women's soccer players resigned from the Spanish national team on Thursday, and alleged in emails that the situation around the team had 'significantly' affected their 'emotional state' and 'health,' Spain's soccer federation, the RFEF, said in a statement.
urged head coach Jorge Vilda to step down, and then asked RFEF president Luis Rubiales to fire Vilda. Both men reportedly refused.
The RFEF, though, said it would stand firm. It said in its press release that it would"not allow the players to question the continuity" of Vilda and his staff, and would not accede to"any type of pressure." Among the players who have reportedly resigned are several core members of the FC Barcelona squad that went undefeated in Spain's Primera División Femenina last season, and several core members of the Spain squad that entered Euro 2022 as a favorite., as the team is known, succumbed to England in the Euro quarterfinals, the players reportedly met and decided, with support from most but not all of them, to push for Vilda's departure.
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