A meeting, several debates and one objective: the inside story of the statement against Rubiales

If in Spain, the country, the Luis Rubiales affair seems to continue to capture the interest of the media, in Spain, the national team, the passport for the next Euro Cup is the main concern.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
03 September 2023 Sunday 22:32
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A meeting, several debates and one objective: the inside story of the statement against Rubiales

If in Spain, the country, the Luis Rubiales affair seems to continue to capture the interest of the media, in Spain, the national team, the passport for the next Euro Cup is the main concern. With two fundamental matches against Georgia and Cyprus scheduled in the coming days, the captains of the red decided this Monday to act as such and promote a statement against Luis Rubiales, a person very close to the dressing room for a long time, to try to focus their efforts on the pitch .

Events precipitated in Las Rozas. The internationals were summoned during the morning in the Ciudad del Fútbol and the first training session of the concentration was scheduled at seven in the evening, with the presence of fans. Until after one o'clock the footballers were arriving, received by Pedro Rocha, the interim president, and Luis de la Fuente, the coach. It was necessary to offer an image of unity. Afterwards there was a joint meal and, immediately, Morata, Rodri and Azpilicueta got down to work to give shape to the idea they suspected.

The captains gathered all their companions and it was proposed to write a statement to disapprove Luis Rubiales. A job in which the RFEF communication department did not intervene at all. It was up to the footballers. In fact, several of them asked to change some terms of the letter but in the final sense they all agreed.