New nyap Another nonsense difficult to understand. If in the previous selection window Spain could not call up several players due to “a computer error” when putting the call-up on the official UEFA application, in the match against Italy on Friday, the selection of Montse Tomé took another step towards the absurd. After the break, the team started the second half with ten players. Neither Athenea del Castillo nor Aitana Bonmatí were there. Lucía García jumped onto the field right at the opening whistle. Esther González jumped in once the game resumed and when Spain had already conceded the goal that equaled the score.
The lack of coordination was total, and the stupidity, embarrassing. Spain left the game and after that goal came two more. Finally, the selection fell against Italy (2-3), although luckily it was already qualified for the final phase of the Nations League. To the capital error of going out on the field with ten players, Montse Tomé then added a public accusation against Aitana Bonmatí, recently declared the best player in the world by UEFA and FIFA. The coach, to excuse herself, declared after the match that the Barça player notified them late that she could not continue in the match.
“At half-time we made the change from Athenea to Lucía and then, when we were about to enter the second half, Aitana informed us shortly that she could not continue. That’s why we didn’t have time for Esther to warm up and enter the match, and that’s why we started with one less player”, explained Tomé in a press conference.
However, Athenea del Castillo, replaced along with Aitana, completely dismantled the coach’s version because she ensured that the changes were communicated at the beginning of the talk. “It was everyone’s mistake. I find out now. He can’t afford it, he said the changes when the talk started. We already knew that we were staying on the bench. It must have been a miscalculation, I couldn’t tell you. It’s something we have to learn from because it can’t be repeated,” said the Real Madrid player, contradicting Tomé’s version.
On the other hand, Aitana Bonmatí wrote this on the networks: “During the break, I didn’t feel well and I asked the coaching staff to relieve me because I understood that the best thing for the team was for another teammate to come in”.
Only those who were in the dressing room know who is telling the truth and who is lying, but what could be seen live was how neither Lucía García nor Esther González were warned in time to enter after the break. In fact, the first had to tie her boots with the match already started in the center of the field, while the second put on her stockings in the middle of the total chaos and the nerves that were experienced on the bench. This would also dismantle the selector’s version, which in any case must be ultimately responsible for managing changes and errors that may occur. “I honestly don’t know what happened, but we can’t afford these things. They must be corrected, it cannot happen again”, said Teresa Abelleira.
Both the shameful mistake and the pointing out of the best player in the national team do not help Tomé and his coaching staff, who every day show more of a very worrying sense of provisionality and lack of professionalism. While inside the field the ball moves judiciously and accurately, outside anything seems possible.