Calm reigned in the Spanish women’s soccer team until the last list of Montse Toméwithout Jenni Hermosoand his subsequent press conference, in which he left a clear message: “I am clear about how I want the team to be on and off the field, I insist a lot on on and off the field.” Some statements that They contrast with a message from him to the soccer player less than a month ago.
The national team coach attributed the absence of the top scorer in La Roja’s history to one criterion: “All the soccer players who are there have the level and performance to be in the national team, in terms of what we need both on the field and off“.
“I don’t want to say that those players haven’t delivered (for Jenni Hermoso, Irene Paredes and Misa Rodríguez,” she added. “Simply, I am clear about what I want the team to be on and off the field, I insist a lot on on and off the fieldand what coexistence has to be in the national team,” Tomé pointed out, emphasizing “collaboration, that camaraderie, that know-how.”
His speech this Tuesday, however, contrasts with his opinion of last October 29when the Mexican Tigres player received the Socrates Award at the Ballon d’Or gala, which recognizes the commitment of athletes to social causes. “Congratulations, Jenni Hermoso, for what you transmit on and off the field. Deserved“, the coach wrote to the forward that day to congratulate her on the award.
The reason why Tomé has not called Hermoso
The absence of the Spanish forward, as well as Misa Rodríguez, could be due to their “bad behavior when they have been substitutes”as revealed this Wednesday by journalist Antonio Romero in The Stringer from Cadena SER, citing “federation sources very close to the women’s team locker room.”
Hermoso, for his part, responded to his non-call with the national team with a smiling image on his Instagram stories and a strong message: “Do not sell your soul to the devil”.