The Spanish team is already in Huelva, where this Saturday they will play the first friendly with a view to preparing for the European Championship that starts on July 6 in England. For that match against Australia, the Spanish internationals will play with the rainbow bracelet to commemorate Pride Day, which is celebrated on June 28.
As explained by the Federation, the objective is "to make visible the respect for sexual diversity in the week that commemorates this right, an action of social responsibility that aims to advance respect for the different orientations and identities from the world loudspeaker offered by Spanish football and from the support of the players of the national team to these causes".
Jorge Vilda's team, who has not yet given the final list for the Euro, will face the Matildas at the Nuevo Colombino in the initial test. The second, just before traveling to the UK, will take place in Italy against the Azzurra.
Australia will present a very renewed team for this friendly, with a lot of youth in its ranks, and with a last-minute change due to the injury of midfielder Alex Chidiac, from Racing Louisville, replaced by Kyra Cooney-Cross, from Hammarby.
As forward Emily Gielnik recognized, this game and the next one against Portugal is an "opportunity" for all those called up by Tony Gustavsson, against a Spain that he described as "one of the best in the world right now that is He is preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of his life (the European Championship)".
The team presented by Vilda remains to be seen, although three players will be absent for this commitment due to covid-19: Mapi León, Sheila García and Marta Cardona.
