{"id":289072,"date":"2023-08-29T09:22:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T09:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289072"},"modified":"2023-08-29T09:22:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T09:22:29","slug":"jorge-vilda-to-be-sacked-as-spain-womens-national-team-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/jorge-vilda-to-be-sacked-as-spain-womens-national-team-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Vilda &apos;to be sacked&apos; as Spain women&apos;s national team boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jorge Vilda &#8216;set to be sacked&#8217; as Spain women&#8217;s national team boss just a week after World Cup triumph&#8230; with regional chiefs pushing for &#8216;imminent&#8217; change amid FA president Luis Rubiales&#8217; World Cup kiss scandal<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Spain&#8217;s FA have reportedly decided to sack women&#8217;s head coach Jorge Vilda<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vilda has proved an unpopular head coach despite Spain&#8217;s World Cup triumph\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off , Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Spanish FA are reportedly preparing documentation to sack women&#8217;s national team head coach Jorge Vilda.<\/p>\n<p>Vilda&#8217;s position has been controversial despite the coach leading Spain to a 1-0 win over England in the Women&#8217;s World Cup final earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spanish newspaper Diario AS reported that the Spanish FA are preparing to sack Vilda following a meeting with the regional presidents\u2019 committee.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting centred around the leadership of the organisation amid the ongoing controversy surrounding\u00a0<span>Spanish FA president Luis\u00a0Rubiales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by FIFA and facing increasing pressure to resign after he kissed Jennifer Hermoso following the Women&#8217;s World Cup\u00a0<\/span><span>final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/09\/74823355-12455977-image-a-17_1693296323320.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish FA are reportedly preparing to sack women&#8217;s team head coach Jorge Vilda<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/09\/74808895-12455977-The_territorial_presidents_of_the_Spanish_Football_Association_h-a-22_1693296699526.jpg\" height=\"378\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A decision to sack Vilda was reportedly taken at a meeting where the Spanish FA&#8217;s leadership was discussed after Luis Rubiales (pictured) was suspended from his position by FIFA<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/09\/74809729-12455977-It_comes_after_Rubiales_right_forcibly_kissed_Jennifer_Hermoso_l-a-23_1693296808089.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rubiales (right), a key ally of Vilda, has faced calls to resign as Spanish FA chief after he kissed Jennifer Hermoso (left) on the lips during the Women&#8217;s World Cup final ceremony\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>The regional presidents\u2019 committee had released a statement on Monday calling for\u00a0Rubiales to resign, as well as pushing for a &#8216;deep and imminent organic restructuring in strategic positions of the federation&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rubiales had been a crucial backer of Vilda, whose position had come under threat when\u00a015 of the Spanish national team withdrew from the squad in protest at his management last year.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0territorial presidents\u2019 committee have reportedly approved the decision to dismiss Vilda from his role,\u00a0however, the power rests with interim Spanish FA president Pedro Rocha and the organisation&#8217;s board.<\/p>\n<p>Vilda has hit out at Rubiales&#8217; behaviour during the World Cup final after his kiss on Hermoso and grabbing his crotch in the stands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I regret deeply that the victory of Spanish women&#8217;s football has been harmed by the inappropriate behaviour that our until now top leader, Luis Rubiales, has carried out and that he himself has recognised,&#8217; Vilda wrote in a statement released on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is no doubt that it is unacceptable and does not reflect at all the principles and values that I defend in my life, in sport in general and in football in particular.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I condemn without doubt any macho attitude, [which is] far from an advanced and developed society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A clearly undesirable climate has been generated, far from what should have been a great celebration of Spanish sport and women&#8217;s sport.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/09\/74823633-12455977-image-a-24_1693296900719.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vilda, second right, has criticised\u00a0Rubiales conduct after the World Cup final but was crticised for applauding the embattled Spanish FA chief during a speech where he vowed not to resign<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/09\/74823325-12455977-image-a-25_1693296970220.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s national team head coach faced a mutiny last year when 15 players from the national team withdrew from the squad in protest at his management of the team<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I reiterate my unwavering commitment to promoting a sport that is a model of equality and respect in our society.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Vilda, however, had been criticised after being seen applauding his embattled superior when he made a defiant speech insisting he would not resign just days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales had offered Vilda a new four-year contract during his speech.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His public show of support and claims he pressured Hermoso into appearing in\u00a0Rubiales&#8217; apology video reportedly contributed to the\u00a0territorial presidents\u2019 committee pushing for Vilda&#8217;s dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2022, 15 Spain players wrote a letter to the Spanish FA refusing to play unless Vilda resigned, arguing that his reign was affecting their &#8217;emotional state&#8217; and amid talk of unprofessionalism.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales chose to back Vilda, who opted to select just three of the 15 players in his squad for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The protest against Vilda came amid reported he had<span>\u00a0banned players from locking their hotel rooms, carried out room checks, and went through their bags like &#8216;children&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All 11 members of Vilda&#8217;s coaching staff announced their resignations on Saturday, in protest at Rubiales&#8217; conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/09\/74824039-12455977-image-a-26_1693297838272.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vilda has proved an unpopular head coach despite Spain&#8217;s triumph in the Women&#8217;s World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/09\/74824423-12455977-image-a-32_1693298529999.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rubiales, right, had been a key backer of Vilda, left, despite protests from the Spain squad<\/p>\n<p><span>Their resignation has left Vilda,\u00a0who has been head coach of the women&#8217;s national team since 2015, as the only member of the women&#8217;s national team coaching staff still in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fallout from Rubiales&#8217; unwillingness to step down reached breaking point in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>All 23 members of Spain&#8217;s World Cup winning squad signed a statement refusing to play until the 46-year-old was sacked.<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s top criminal court is currently probing whether Rubiales&#8217; actions during the World Cup &#8216;kiss-gate&#8217; scandal constitute sexual assault. He also grabbed his crotch in the royal box alongside Queen Letizia and her 16-year-old daughter Infanta Sofia.<\/p>\n<p>Hermoso, who has said she did not consent to the kiss and felt &#8216;vulnerable and the victim of an aggression&#8217;, has been warmly supported by fellow players and many in wider society.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales&#8217; mother Angeles Bejar has defended her son and has locked herself in the Divina Pastora church in Motril, east of Malaga in southern Spain, and started an &#8216;indefinite, day and night&#8217; hunger strike until &#8216;justice is served.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12455977\/Jorge-Vilda-set-sacked-Spain-womens-national-team-boss-just-weeks-World-Cup-triumph-regional-chiefs-pushing-imminent-change-amid-FA-president-Luis-Rubiales-World-Cup-kiss-scandal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Vilda &#8216;set to be sacked&#8217; 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