A day and a half after making history and after almost 24 hours of travel, the Spanish team landed in Madrid to celebrate its first Women’s World Cup. The players have achieved glory by beating England in the final and they will celebrate it in style with the fans. The esplanade of the Puente del Rey in Madrid Río is the place chosen for this Monday’s party, which begins at 9:00 p.m. This location in the capital has already hosted the celebration of the men’s team for its 2010 World Cup, it is located a few meters from the Príncipe Pío station and has a capacity for 20,000 people. An hour later (at 10:00 p.m.) the players are expected to arrive at Barajas Airport and they will tour the streets of Madrid in an open-top bus until they reach the scene of the festivities. The champions will tour the Puerta de Alcalá, the Plaza de Cibeles, the Gran Vía and the Plaza de España. Juan Magán, Vicco, Camela, DJ Michenlo and Farga will be the artists in charge of livening up the fans’ wait.
The historical milestone for the national team, as unexpected as it is deserved, has evidenced the unstoppable progress of women’s football in Spain, which has been able to gather large audiences in decisive matches. In addition, the success comes just one year after 15 players sent the Federation a letter declaring themselves unselectable due to discrepancies with the coach. Jorge Vilda’s team has overcome that schism to bring the World Cup to Spain. The celebration was marred by the gesture of the RFEF president, Luis Rubiales, who kissed Jenni Hermoso without consent during the trophy delivery ceremony. After the commotion generated, he was forced to apologize this morning.
