this juves, Sergio Ramos constituted through his social networks that he officially withdrew from the Spanish National Team. The two-time Eurocup winner, and world champion in 2010, assured that It was the coach Luis de la Fuente who told him that he will not have him.
The extensive farewell letter from Sergio Ramos
“The time has come, the time to say goodbye to the National Team, our dear and exciting Red. This morning I received a call from the current Coach who told me that he does not count and that he will not count on me, regardless of the level I can show or how to continue my sports career“, the 36-year-old defender began on his Instagram account.
“With much regret, It is the end of a journey that I expected to be longer and that it ended with a better taste in the mouth, at the height of all the successes we have achieved with our Red”, he continued.
And then he added: “Humbly, I believe that this trajectory deserved to end due to a personal decision or because my performance would not be up to the standard of what our team deserves, but not due to age or other reasons. which, without having heard them, makes sense. Because being young or less young is not a virtue or a defect, it is just a temporary characteristic that is not related to performance or ability.”
Lastly, he compared his situation with that of Lionel Messi, his teammate in Paris, Luka Modric and Pepe, former teammates at Real Madrid: “I look with admiration and envy at Modric, Messi, Pepe… the essence, tradition, values, meritocracy and justice in football. It will not be like that for me, because soccer is not always fair and soccer is never just soccer, ”she wrote.
The numbers of Sergio Ramos with the Selection of Spain
Throughout his extensive career with the Spanish team, Ramos He played 177 games, where he scored 23 goals and won two European Championships (in 2008 and 2012) and the World Cup in South Africa 2010. In addition, he was crowned champion of the Euro Sub-19 in 2004.