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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jonathan Liew in Sydney

No envy for Spain’s exiles as Vilda’s World Cup run fails to bring unity

Spain's coach Jorge Vilda (right) poses for a photograph with players
All smiles in training but Spain's coach, Jorge Vilda (right), remains a divisive figure. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

Patri Guijarro has been holidaying in Mallorca, posting pictures of surfboards and palm trees and stalactites. Laia Aleixandri went to Egypt to see the pyramids. Sandra Paños has been going on countryside walks with her dog. Lucía García has been exploring the streets of Manchester. Lola Gallardo went to a music festival. Ainhoa Moraza got her hair done. Leila Ouahabi feasted on a giant plate of mussels and prawns.

The various and lavishly tended Instagram accounts of Spain’s rebel faction are in many ways a portal into a parallel universe. An alternative summer when these international footballers are not playing international football, not braving the winds of Wellington, not encroaching on a World Cup final, perhaps not even watching the World Cup final.

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