The presentation in Madrid of the thirteenth Vicente del Bosque campus, which will take place this summer in a dozen venues, gave rise to numerous comments from the participants on current issues, especially the Negreira case. The Secretary of State for Sports and President of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), José Manuel Franco, was one of the clearest: “What I want is for it to be clarified as soon as possible. Barcelona fans are the first to be interested.”
For the highest authority of Spanish sport, “these days are not very happy, but this should not lead us to demonize football, which is much more. I have to watch over all sports and I believe that if we demonize football we can kill to the goose that lays the golden eggs. Soccer is a sport that provides financial resources for the rest and there are some who could not live without that contribution,” said Franco.
Vicente del Bosque also showed his concern about the Negreira case: “I am experiencing what is happening with great regret. Here I do get very serious. It is a very bad and uncomfortable situation for Spanish football. No one has benefited and the loss of credibility and reputation of our football is very great. Whoever has failed to comply, of course I will go against him. It is a delicate moment”.
Luis Figo, a former Barcelona and Real Madrid player, among other teams, also spoke about the Negreira case: “Spanish football has to give a good image around the world, because the more good image it gives, the more value it has. Unfortunately not we are in a moment and at some point the truth of what has happened will be known. You have to clean up depending on what is found out. Wanting to win sometimes does not have so much to do with football itself but with the people who manage it We have to clean up those people because football will last forever”.
The defeat of the Spanish team yesterday Tuesday in Scotland was also another of the most commented topics. José Manuel Franco asked for peace of mind: “Not everything was as beautiful as when we beat Norway or as catastrophic for losing to Scotland. Against Scotland Joselu had a shot that could change the course. I trust Luis De la Fuente, who seems like a He’s a sensible person and I think he’ll do a good job. We can’t ask him to be held accountable for the first defeat,” he said.
In a similar line, former coach José Antonio Camacho expressed himself: “You have to give the new coach enough time to somehow fit into the position. What happened is very typical of football. If you win you are a phenomenon and if you lose you They give everywhere. The same thing has happened to all of us for one reason or another. The objective is to qualify and I think that will be achieved”.
Enrique Cerezo, president of Atlético de Madrid, also took part in the colloquium, who took the opportunity to harshly criticize the VAR: “I personally do not like the VAR and as I do, many people are demonstrating it, but where there is a boss, no sailor is in charge It seems that the authorities are going to maintain it and if so they will have a lot of problems and they already know that.”
And Cerezo finished: “If the VAR were fair, it would make football fairer, but for it to be, it has to have some additions that it currently does not have.”
