Spain Women gets female head coach as Vilda condemns sack.
Spain Women gets female head coach as Vilda condemned sack
The Royal Spanish Football Federation has dispensed with the services of Jorge Vilda and appointed Montse Tomé as head coach.
Tome had been Vilda’s assistant since 2018, in which time the RFER said ‘she established herself as a fundamental piece in the growth of the national team’.
She is a former Spanish international, who played for Oviedo, Levante, and Barcelona, winning two league titles and one cup with the latter.
Her first test comes this month with UEFA Women’s Nations League ties against Sweden and Switzerland in Córdoba.
Meanwhile, Vilda has opened up on his sacking, saying it was “unfair” and that he “didn’t know” it was coming.
“I am as good as you can be after being World Champions and getting a contract renewal and then today to being unfairly sacked.
“I had a brief meeting with [RFEF President] Pedro Rocha and the Vice-president of Equality. The motive was structural changes. I have a clean conscience. I don’t understand my sacking. I didn’t expect it. In the end, you always have desire, it was very motivating to be at the Paris Olympics.
”I have 500 messages and I haven’t been able to look at them. I have sent Tomé (the new manager and Vilda’s ex-assistant I sent her my congratulations. She has a great team. I’m leaving a recognised style of play in the team. It’s there are she’s going to do well.
“At the end of the day, I know my profession. I know when we lose there will be criticism and when we win sometimes the balloon gets a bit too inflated. In a sporting sense, I am going to accept everything or almost everything. As for the personal side of things, I think things were unfair to
me. It was a special year, I took it as a Masters's degree. Nothing has been said directly but indirectly things have been said that are not me. Things have been said that are not true.”
