The captain of FC Barcelona, ??Alexia Putellas, opens up in an interview with beIN Sports France about the conflict that is still open between the Federation and several Spanish internationals. “We are not rebels”, affirms the blaugrana that she also confesses that it is “tiring to have to constantly be demanding improvements to perform better”.
Despite not being among the 15 footballers who renounced being called up to the national team, she did publicly show her support for her teammates. Since the conflict broke out, she has not wanted to make many statements about it, but on French television she has been honest: “We are not rebels, I don’t think you have to use adjectives of this type. It is a problem between the players and the Federation. Private conversations have been leaked and this situation does not benefit anyone ”, denounced the Catalan midfielder, referring to the emails from the 15 internationals that were leaked to the press. Alexia also recalls in the interview that it is not a problem that affects only the red: “These concerns are only in Spain, it is something general. Canada, Colombia, before the United States, is a theme that is being repeated a lot.
For the captain of the Spanish team and Barcelona, ??the problem is clear: “We want the players to be able to focus 100% on performing. It’s exhausting having to constantly claim upgrades. The leaders should improve our conditions without having to ask for it all the time, ”she denounces.
In the final stretch of her recovery from the cruciate ligament injury that prevented her from playing in the Euro Cup last summer, Alexia Putellas talks about a period of about nine months to return to the field, something that would take place next April, although ensures that his priority is to ensure that the recovery is complete.
The FC Barcelona player even answers if she would ever play for Olympique de Lyon: “I’m too attached to Barça, but you never know. Lyon is a team that has been in the elite for a long time, it has a high level, but Barça is more professional, although we always have things to improve”. The French team dominated women’s football for more than a decade and Alexia confesses her passion for that team: In 17-18 she was a Lyon fan. At the female level he was the best with players like Bompastor or Renard. I loved that team and I also saw midfielders like Kessler”.
Lyon could be Barça’s rival in the Champions League semifinals, giving the blaugrana team the opportunity to take revenge for the defeat against the French in the last European final: “I really want to play against Lyon, the last memory was very bad . It was our worst game of the season and they played one of their best games. But before that, there is Roma and we have to take it seriously,” he warns.
In the interview with beIN Sports, Alexia Putellas also talks about her second Ballon d’Or, the support she has always had from her family or the challenges of reconciling motherhood with professional sport: “I’m not a mother, but I have colleagues who have children and explain to me that it is very difficult to reconcile work and pregnancy. You have to help them reconcile family life and elite sport ”, she claims.
