Marca: Sponsor proposes that Spanish men s football team wear women s jerseys in the UEFA League final, but the players refuse
According to Le Marca, the sponsor originally recommended that the Spanish national team wear the Spanish women's national team's jersey in the UEFA Nations League final, but was rejected by the players.
In the UEFA Nations League final, Spain drew 2-2 with Portugal and lost 3-5 in the penalty shootout and missed the championship. The final was held in Munich, Germany. Portugal is regarded as the home team can wear red jerseys at home, while Spain can only choose away jerseys. At the pre-match meeting, jersey sponsor Adidas suggested that the Spanish national team wear the Spanish women's football away jersey (white tops, blue shorts) to play in the final. Some officials from the Football Association like this suggestion, but this requires the consent of everyone, including the players. In the end, the Spanish national team refused to do so. Spanish men's football internationals have been wearing yellow jerseys away in the European League. They feel that wearing this jersey is very comfortable and there is no reason to make changes. Spain eventually wore the yellow away jersey of the men's national football team to participate in the finals.
Recently, several national teams of men's football have been suggested to wear the jerseys of their national women's football teams. Spain and Germany have rejected this suggestion, but the Belgian national team accepted the advice. In this round of the World Cup European qualifiers where Belgium defeated Wales 4-3, the Belgian national team wore the yellow jersey of the Belgian women's national football team. The Belgian Football Association explained: "This is our tribute to the women's national team, because they qualify for the Women's European Cup and performed well in the Women's European League."
"Marca" also pointed out that the Spanish men's national team had worn the women's national team's jersey matches in the past, which was in the Spanish match against the Czech Republic in June 2022, and the Spanish national team coach was still Enrique. The initiative to do this was Ruviales, the then chairman of the Spanish Football Association, hoping to express his support for the Spanish women's national team, because the Spanish women's football team will participate in the Women's Football European Cup in a month.
However, after the Spanish women's football team won the Women's World Cup in 2023, Ruviales was accused of sexual harassment and was dismissed for kissing a female football player, which led to a crack in Spanish football and also affected the relationship between the Spanish men's football national team and the women's football national team. The Spanish women's national team believes that the men's football players did not support the women's football players in the case of Ruviales harassment, while the Spanish men's national team was dissatisfied with the team's failure to receive congratulations from the women's national team after winning the European Cup last year.