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Former Spain Women\u2019s head coach Jorge Vilda has called his sacking \u2018unfair\u2019 and \u2018undeserved\u2019.<\/p>\n
Vilda guided Spain to their first-ever Women\u2019s World Cup trophy with a 1-0 victory over England last month but his side\u2019s success came after significant unrest in his squad as 15 players raised concerns before the tournament over their treatment when called up to the national side.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old has also been heavily criticised for applauding Luis Rubiales when he vowed not to resign in the wake of the backlash he received for kissing Jenni Hermoso without her consent during Spain\u2019s World Cup celebrations.<\/p>\n
Vilda has now been replaced by his former assistant Montse Tome, who is the first woman to manage the side since it was officially formed in 1980.<\/p>\n
\u2018In sporting terms, I am going to accept all the criticisms, but on a personal level I think it has been unfair,\u2019 Vilda told Spanish radio station Cadena SER.<\/p>\n
\u2018It has been a special year. Nothing has ever been said directly but indirectly things have been said that do not suit me. Things have been said that are not true.<\/p>\n
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\u2018I am as well as can be after being fired after being world champion 10 days ago. I have been fired, I think, unjustly.<\/p>\n
\u2018It was a brief meeting with Pedro Rocha and the vice president of equality. The explanation given is that there have been \u2018structural changes\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018I have a clear conscience. I have given 100 per cent and I don\u2019t understand it, I didn\u2019t see my termination as deserved.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Vilda also defended his decision to applaud Rubiales and said it would have been \u2018difficult\u2019 to not show support for the now-suspended Spanish Football Federation president.<\/p>\n
\u2018I will never applaud anything sexist. I didn\u2019t know very well why I was going to that assembly. I thought there was going to be a resignation,\u2019 said Vilda.<\/p>\n
\u2018The president is valuing your work and announcing your renewal, I applauded that. I also applaud Rubiales\u2019 management of the women\u2019s football, with a budget that has multiplied by four. When 150 people around you applaud it is very difficult to be the only one who doesn\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n
Vilda also backed his successor Tome, who was part of his coaching team at the World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u2018Montse Tome has well deserved this, I have congratulated her. I think she has the ability to do very well. She was chosen by me for the coaching staff,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018In addition, she has a well-rounded team, the greatest legacy I can leave is our recognisable style of play, the methodology\u2026 to be able to play this way. That\u2019s where we are at \u2013 let her take advantage of it.<\/p>\n
\u2018She is prepared and she is going to do it well.\u2019<\/p>\n