The national team player Athenea del Castillo used her social media account to deny that colleagues in the Spanish national team concentration that is already in Sweden have addressed her with the term “traitor”, as has been said in recent times. hours on some information.
In her writing, Athenea says: “None of the players on the national team have addressed me as a TRAITOR.” And she adds: “At the time I adopted a different position than most of my teammates. I expressed this to them at the time and made it public through a statement in which I made my opinion clear. Beyond that statement, neither I nor ANYONE in my circle of trust have spoken about this situation with anyone outside of it. For this reason, I would ask that you not speculate about my emotional state, or anything about it. “I sincerely appreciate the numerous expressions of support and affection received.”
Real Madrid forward, Athenea and Claudia Zornoza were the only two of the world champions who did not want to sign the statement issued by 39 Spanish players in which they expressed their decision not to attend the National Team until their requests are met.
The player justified her position of not giving up on the national team by the fact that neither Luis Rubiales nor Jorge Vilda were no longer there: “Taking into account that an important part of our demands have been satisfied, I do not contemplate giving up the call of the Selection. We are footballers, we owe ourselves to our profession and we have to fulfill our duty,” he stated.
