World Champions Spain Call-Up Players Who Refused To Play For National Team

It should have been a glamour game between the two teams ranked as number one and two in the world but Friday’s UEFA Nations League match between Sweden and Spain is now about who will take the field for the world champions.

A week after 39 of the leading Spanish women’s players made it clear that they no longer wanted to be considered for selection to the women’s national team until a specific set of changes had been made within their federation, 21 of those players were included today in the first squad selected by new national team head coach Montse Tomé.