Spain and Barcelona icon Alexia Putellas demands changes following World Cup success

Current Ballon d’Or and now World Cup winner Alexia Putellas has demanded further changes and funding for women’s football, following their triumph in Australia.

Spain lifted the World Cup for the second time in their history on Sunday, and the first time in the women’s game, defeating England through an Olga Carmona goal.

Speaking after the match, Putellas told TV3 that there should be no rest for the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after their win.

“It’s a success, but now we have to see how certain things change.”

“It cannot be that there are clubs that still have the women’s team within the foundation or social responsibility section. These are things that cannot be understood.”

Despite winning the World Cup, Putellas believes that Spain are already in danger of being left behind.

“We are in a moment when we have to take a step forward, because other countries are backing it very strongly. At league level we have to see a change, and I hope that it will happen, because it has been shown that the Spanish footballers are the best in the world.”

Naturally the Barcelona star was asked whether one of those changes was Coach Jorge Vilda, whose rift with the players led to 12 previous internationals turning down selection during the past year.

“I have been captain and at no time did we say that the coach had to leave. I don’t know where that came from. Conversations were held about what the group was feeling. We said the things we thought we needed to improve because we saw that other countries were moving far ahead of us. And we wanted to have options to win. It has been an exhausting year.”

“Yes, it has functioned. There has been a change. These are basic things, but things which were not given before. When you provide