Women's World Cup 2023: Jorge Vilda says Spain players are 'eternal' after they beat England

Even successful glorious triumph, sounds of disapproval rang retired successful Jorge Vilda's direction.

Moments earlier, Vilda had looked up to the sky, raised his hands and screamed with joyousness erstwhile the referee ended the lucifer to corroborate Spain arsenic satellite champions.

Controversy has followed Vilda astatine each crook of this tourney and adjacent successful triumph determination was nary escape.

This volition spell down arsenic 1 of the astir singular triumphs successful Women's World Cup history, with Spain entering the tourney amid a backdrop of unrest and a fig of players unhappy with Vilda, who had survived a subordinate revolt to support his job.

The Spanish shot federation (RFEF) released a connection revealing that 15 players had submitted identical emails saying they would not play for Vilda unless "significant" concerns implicit their "emotional state" and "health" were addressed.

"Las 15", arsenic the players became known, denied claims they had asked for 42-year-old Vilda to beryllium sacked, but hostility followed amid reports of interest implicit grooming methods and inadequate crippled preparation.

Yet successful Australia and New Zealand, his players enactment speech their differences to conquer the satellite successful an awesome benignant astatine conscionable their 3rd World Cup, prompting Spain's authoritative Twitter relationship to post: 'VILDA IN'.

"The girls are eternal present and they person a prima connected their thorax forever," said Vilda. "It's been precise casual [to negociate the group].

"We are a family, we are satellite champions with a household of players."

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'Just ridiculous'

Spain were made to hold earlier they could yet celebrate. After 13 minutes of stoppage clip were signalled astatine the extremity of 90 minutes, it was not until the 105th infinitesimal that the referee brought the last to an end.

Some of Spain's players were successful disbelief arsenic the magnitude of their accomplishment started to descend in. Others were successful tears.

Spain came into the tourney missing immoderate of their champion endowment owed to the subordinate revolt, including respective members from Barcelona's triumphant Champions League run similar Mapi Leon, Patri Guijarro and Sandra Panos.

Three of the 15 selected were recalled aft having been frozen retired of the nationalist set-up aft a protest, including midfielder Aitana Bonmati and defender Ona Batlle, who some started each 7 games successful Australia and New Zealand.

When they mislaid 4-0 to Japan successful their last radical game, they looked a agelong mode from being satellite beaters.

"No-one should suffer hope," said Vilda aft that decision successful Wellington connected 31 July.

"We person not seen the champion Spanish squad yet. This decision hurts, the players are aggravated and I americium convinced they volition beryllium better."

After his side's World Cup victory, Vilda described the Japan decision arsenic a "turning point", adding: "It made america react, the squad changed and the players accrued their contributions. Mentally they were overmuch stronger.

"I judge these reasons helped america scope the last and won the final."

Indeed, Spain bounced backmost from that setback to decision Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden to marque the final.

Against European champions England, La Roja produced a tactical masterclass. Even aft skipper Olga Carmona's winner, they enjoyed much possession and attempts connected target.

"For me, it's recognition to those players," erstwhile England striker Ellen White told BBC One. "To triumph a World Cup is conscionable perfectly phenomenal.

"It takes a batch of guts, mentality, desire, hard work, togetherness. The mode this Spanish squad played contiguous was conscionable unbelievable.

"The mode they moved the shot was conscionable ridiculous."

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'Progress has been phenomenal'

Seventeen of the 23-player squad were appearing astatine their archetypal World Cup including keeper Cata Coll and 19-year-old guardant Salma Paralluelo.

Despite the contention that followed him around, Vilda was not acrophobic to marque bold decisions.

After the decision by Japan, helium gave a elder debut to Coll, portion Paralluelo came disconnected the seat to people successful back-to-back games arsenic Spain performed admirably passim the knockout stages earlier deservedly overcoming England.

Spain's players performed connected the transportation contempt each of the sound disconnected it.

Before the semi-final triumph implicit Sweden, long-serving guardant Jenni Hermoso spoke emotionally of the advancement made successful the women's crippled since she made her elder planetary debut successful 2012 erstwhile she utilized to play successful beforehand of crowds of a fewer hundred.

On Sunday, she celebrated winning the World Cup successful beforehand of 75,000 successful Sydney.

Spain present person women's satellite titles astatine senior, under-17 and under-20 levels.

"This Spanish side, this nation, what they person achieved successful women's shot implicit the past 2 years is phenomenal," added White.

'This is unstoppable'

Vilda, who has been successful complaint since 2015, was asked afterwards whether helium would prosecute different occupation opportunities aft masterminding Spain's World Cup success.

His declaration with the nationalist squad is owed to expire successful 2024.

"Right present we are going to celebrate," said Vilda. "We are going backmost to Spain to spot our loved ones and we volition see."

Meanwhile, Carmona hailed her "unstoppable" side.

"We person suffered a batch implicit the past 12 months. This has made america a stronger team," she said."We had the feeling we were going to bash it; this is unstoppable."