Five Alhama players claim they were ‘harassed’ by their coach

El Periódico de Catalunya of the Prensa Ibérica group reported earlier this week that the technician supposedly systematically addressed him as follows: insults and criticism of physical and sexual orientation Some facts aggravated by football players, predictions Submission of a sexually explicit photo by the author to the whole team.

The F League club supported the coach and later a large part of the team supported.Although there are 5 football players, they are sent to Europa Press and which choose to remain anonymousThey condemned the situation.

One of them He admits that he felt like he was in a “prison/dictatorship” during his stay with the team. and that he knew “perfectly that what happened was not normal”. This football player, “clearly”, They couldn’t report anything “when your follower is your boss”.He also saw that he had too much influence over “the whole club and part of the city”. “The worst part is that I don’t admit my disappointment with my surroundings. I never thought I would experience embarrassing moments like empathy and dishonor,” she says.

He also states that he had to “overlook his values ​​and principles in order to survive this year” and makes it clear that he is “always the first to seek the truth from the absolute most direct, calmness, impartiality and respect”. “When the time comes to testify, I will be the first to denounce the facts that are false, but also to raise my voice very loudly to tell. All the atrocities I’ve heard, suffered and seen this year‘ he asserts.

Finally, this footballer believes that the “only thing” that encouraged him to keep going was the “support” he received from “many people”, many of whom he didn’t know, and he says “the truth just exists”. As for the facts that violate fundamental rights.

Another of those affected claims to have “much more support” than she gets from “the same people who cry for the same reasons” as her, and she doesn’t hide it when the information comes to light. he felt “scared” because he didn’t know “what consequences” he might suffer.

“I was afraid that all my commitment, the work I had fought so hard for, was interrupted by a situation that I now knew wasn’t my fault,” he adds, noting that all the players “are in a very difficult position.” always complicated”, not only “due to this kind of attitude on a daily basis”, but also recently “processing and extracting information“.

For this reason, he criticizes that the players themselves are “confronted” as “two sides” and that “they are in charge of everything”. “I have nothing to defend myself, I was very quiet,” he says, believing it to be true. the club “encouraged the creation of the said statement just confirms the constant compulsion that exists here by the players”.

This actor, who is “more nervous” that “if you don’t accept the truth, you will have no one to complain”, confirms this: suffered “insult, harassment, disrespect and contempt” and warns that “exploits need not go in 20 directions.” “If there is injustice to just one person, that is more than enough reason,” he states.

But those who still say ‘no big deal’, ‘it was a joke’ or ‘how sensitive women are’ are wrong and it hurts my heart. The damage has already been done and the discomfort of remembering all the things I’ve been through here, sadly, feels like it all has to end, yes, a friend is missing, but the truth is before us. ,” says.

No other friend forgets this They experienced a situation “on the verge of the unimaginable” and that they warned him of the “rarities” or “forms” of “Randri”, personally detailing that “the first months of the competition are the worst” and that “the usual thing” happens when you arrive in a new place. The dressing room is the “formation of a sense of identity”.

But, They “didn’t want” the actors to “be related, let alone start loving relationships” By some kind of ‘trauma’ from the past.” “She went so far as to say we weren’t even here to date,” she adds.marked by prejudice‘ and ‘devalued as an actor.

“Do your justice”

Thus, it became “more of a thing than usual” to be left “as evidence” in front of the group, despite thinking he was doing “well” after a game. “Maybe I didn’t suffer derogatory or dirty comments as my colleaguesbut i saw them crying for the treatment received“, he emphasizes.

Now he’s impressed, “perhaps for the first time seeing them realize the support they’ve been lacking since all this started,” he wants to.do justice“For those who’ve had a bad time, for those of us who live and feel it today, for those of us who would live without it, and even for those who still can’t see it.” Professionalism in your sport should encompass “much more than a minimum wage or amenities” and such as “forms or emotion management.” He declares that he should focus more on aspects.

“It’s hard to put into words everything I’ve felt since I was in Alhama. Everything I’m going to say is not even a quarter of what I’ve felt as an athlete, a person and above all a woman.” Another of those affected explains who he is. He came to practice “scared” because of the “talk” he would find from the coach and that it has reached the “point of not wanting to play unnoticed”.

This player says: “yelled at, humiliated, ridiculed and disrespected” and that he had to suffer “quietly” and only with his friends. He also felt “forced and conditioned” when it came to raising his voice because he had nowhere to go for fear of having “results”.

He also talks about how they “divided and split” and “formed factions themselves”. “The fact that the club has been making this statement known to the players from the very beginning is further proof that they have consistently required us to be confidential,” he says, “and the people you supported in those difficult days were disappointed because they lacked courage, brotherhood, and values” and “same or better than him.” for feeling bad. “I’m tired of feeling this way and now I want to do justice with the truth in front of me.“, Ditch.

Finally, the fifth affected person thinks it’s “too complicated” to explain everything he’s been through at his club. “Uncomfortable moments” that made him “not want to play football”. “The harm and discomfort that this has caused for us, and that just remembering it, won’t go away, but it seemed important to make it visible so that it doesn’t happen to any more girls.”