Alexia Putellas did not play but she was able to celebrate with the rest of the 22 players called up for the first Nations League in history. It was on Tuesday at midnight when, almost furtively, the RFEF announced that the Barça captain was on the final list of 23 players available for the final despite not being medically cleared. There was a possibility that the footballer, who has been injured since November, would play in the Spanish national team shirt rather than in that of Barça.
I do not pass. But his return to the Barcelona discipline will not be easy. Alexia’s last game dates back to November 14 in the Champions League against Benfica in which she scored two goals and was substituted at half-time. In December, she underwent arthroscopy. Hence, Barça’s prudence not to force her return. But the player, wanting to live the great moment that the world champion team is going through and now also qualified to play in the Olympic Games for the first time, agreed with the RFEF to share these weeks of concentration with her teammates and warned the club that, If he finally received the call, his will was to go.
This tense moment coincides with the negotiations for his renewal with the club. Barça has decided and lowered its initial offer for the two-time Ballon d’Or winner and the footballer is in a period of reflection. In Seville, Alexia looked happy. Before the match she warmed up with her teammates and hugged her friend, former international Virginia Torrecilla, ambassador of the final. She later sat on the bench next to substitute goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez and cheered on the team.
When the final ended, she hugged her friend and teammate at Barça, Irene Paredes. Even when Paredes, as captain of the national team, won the cup. The second was Jenni Hermoso. The three are very close. Then it was his turn. Alexia did not play but when she was called up, her name did appear as a Nations League champion, something that would not have happened if Montse Tomé had ruled her out. Now Alexia will return to Barcelona, ??a club that congratulated her on their social networks along with the 7 Blaugranas present in the final: Salma Paralluelo, Irene Paredes, Mariona Caldentey, Aitana, Cata Coll, Ona Batlle and Vicky López. The next game for the Blaugranas will be on March 7 in Lezama in the semifinals of the Copa de la Reina. Will Alexia be there? Will she have renewed her? Everything is an enigma.
