The Spanish football federation said Sunday that Olga Carmona, who scored the winning goal in the Women's World Cup final against England, learned of her father's death after the match.
The story said he’d been dealing with a lengthy illness. It would be hard to know who made the decision and what she thought about it. I can imagine everything from a straight up cynical blackout from the RFEF, to her having discussed it with him before the tournament, and anything in between.
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The story said he’d been dealing with a lengthy illness. It would be hard to know who made the decision and what she thought about it. I can imagine everything from a straight up cynical blackout from the RFEF, to her having discussed it with him before the tournament, and anything in between.
Honestly, given it’s the RFEF and everything that’s happened so far, I’d assume the worst.