Euro 2024: Vicente del Bosque to the rescue of a federation in turmoil in Spain
“A man of peace in times of war”, a figure “consensus”, equipped with a “indisputable prestige” : the press from across the Pyrenees did not mask its satisfaction when, at the end of April, the left-wing government relied on Vicente del Bosque to “oversee” a Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in the grip of a “governance and reputation crisis”.
At 73, the former coach of La Roja men, world champion in 2010 and European champion in 2012, was appointed by the Spanish executive to chair a Commission for Standardization, Representation and Supervision, created by the Council Spanish Sports Authority (a public body attached to the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports), in order to “support the RFEF on a day-to-day basis”, details the socialist daily El País.
This placement under guardianship was “accepted” by the president of the RFEF, Pedro Rocha, in agreement with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), precise Marca. “The objective is to make
