The FC Barcelona footballers Patri Guijarro and Mapi León left the Spanish national team camp this morning, as ‘La Vanguardia’ has been able to confirm. They are the two players who yesterday obtained safe passage to leave the call with the commitment of the Spanish Federation not to be sanctioned.
“It is a reality that for Patri and me the situation is different from that of the rest of the teammates,” explained Mapi León, who spoke to the press upon leaving the rally with Patri Guijarro. “There have been no ways or means to return. We are not in a mental condition to return. Everything is a process,” she explained.
Visibly affected, Patri Guijarro has confessed that it has been “quite difficult and hard.” “Being here, as everything has happened, because you are not mentally well to be here,” the Barça footballer acknowledged.
They leave the concentration because they need to see the changes promised by the Federation before the CSD, but they are satisfied with the steps that are being taken in the last hours: “We are happy because it is true that changes are taking place little by little and in this we are fully supporting our colleagues as we have done from the outside all this time, said Mapi León.
They are happy about the constitution of this mixed commission (Players, CSD, RFEF) that must ensure compliance with the agreements reached and do not rule out returning to the national team, of course, as long as the changes in the federative structure are a reality: “Return to the national team? Of course. We need to see these changes.”
Both Mapi León and Patri Guijarro are part of ‘the 15’ who a year ago asked for changes in the Federation. They missed the World Cup because they considered that there had not been enough progress, but they were still called up by Montse Tomé last Monday.
After more than six hours of meeting with the CSD and the Federation, the internationals achieved the federation commitment that any player who wanted to leave the concentration could do so without reprisals: “Two players have requested the possibility of leaving the concentration. This is not going to happen. to carry a sanction,” announced Víctor Francos, president of the CSD, early in the morning, explaining that the departure was due to “motivational reasons.”
They have not been easy hours for the 21 footballers who yesterday had to go against their will to the Spanish team’s concentration. The players have gone through a real hell and some have even had anxiety problems, as La Vanguardia has learned. In this climate of tension, FC Barcelona yesterday sent the sports director, Markel Zubizarreta, and the team psychologist Marc Sellarès with its players, to accompany them in everything they might need.
