The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) stays embroiled in controversy with 41 gamers reportedly insisting they won't symbolize the ladies’s nationwide staff. It is claimed within the Spanish media that gamers are refusing to return to the Spain set-up till there was systemic change within the federation.

A gathering held on Thursday concluded with 41 gamers saying they might not play for Spain till change occurred within the wake of Luis Rubiales’s kiss on Jenni Hermoso. All 23 gamers who gained the World Cup alongside an extra 18 have mentioned they won't symbolize their nation whereas the saga continues.

Hermoso made a formal complaint against the former RFEF president Rubiales earlier this month. Rubiales appeared in a Spanish court docket on Friday and denies the allegations of sexual assault and coercion.

Spain head coach Montse Tome was resulting from announce her squad on Friday for Spain’s upcoming fixtures Sweden and Switzerland. However, that has been postponed over the strike.

According to El Espanol, a gathering involving gamers and their FUTPro union representatives lasted lengthy into Thursday night. It concluded with 41 stars insisting they won't play for Spain till there's ‘systemic change’ inside the Spanish soccer authority.

The federation have made a couple of modifications, together with the sacking of head coach Jorge Vilda. Rubiales lastly resigned final week. But the gamers insist that isn't sufficient.

An excerpt of a press release shared by all gamers reads: “The changes made are not enough for the players to feel safe, where women are respected, where there is support for women’s football and where we can maximise our potential.”

The gamers have demanded sweeping modifications together with the elimination of high-ranking people from their roles. They additionally need these near Rubiales to be moved on after some have been seen clapping the previous defender throughout a chaotic press convention wherein he furiously refused to resign.

Spanish gamers allegedly additionally imagine senior figures wished to coerce Hermoso into showing in an apology video alongside Rubiales and Vilda. Olga Carmona, the World Cup-winning scorer and captain, warned the strike will go on as her team-mates "proceed alongside that line of progress and enhancements to have the ability to develop our occupation on the highest stage.”

Rubiales finally stood down from his position last week, bizarrely selecting to take action throughout an interview with tv host Piers Morgan on Sunday. Rubiales testified at Spain’s High Court on Friday, charged with sexual assault and coercion.

It continues a month-long saga following Spain’s World Cup triumph on August 20. Rubiales kissed Hermoso on the lips through the trophy presentation, with the Spanish ahead alleging that it was non-consensual. Rubiales denies the allegations.