The Cea Bermúdez sports center, in Chamberí, will not be named after soccer player Jennifer Hermosoas proposed by the Municipal Socialist Group during the plenary session of the Municipal Council of this district.
Concretely, the socialists put on the table by naming this sports space after the name of the world champion with the Spanish women’s team in 2023 after receiving the Socrates prize at the Ballon d’Or Gala organized by the French magazine France Football and UEFA.
As reported by Europa Press, the award distinguished the athlete for her exemplary role in the development of women’s football and equality and for her commitment against violence and sexual assault.
It should be remembered that the Mexican Tigers player was at the center of the #SeAcabó campaign generated after the non-consensual kiss that Luis Rubiales, then president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, gave her after the World Cup final.
The socialists raised this possibility during the monthly session of the district plenary assembly, which It was held last Thursday at the Council headquarterslocated in the Plaza de Chamberí. As reported by the media, the PP (which has an absolute majority) and Vox voted against.
As shown The countrythe president of the District Council, the popular Jaime González, explained that the vote against was due to the fact that The Chamberí campus does not have a football field. Furthermore, according to the councilor, Hermoso did not mention Madrid when he received the Socrates Prize.
It must be remembered that the mayor, José Luis Martinez-AlmeidaAlready In the summer of 2023, he refused to rename the Old Carabanchel Dog Track like the Jennifer Hermoso sports center, a proposal that Madrid’s socialists have also made.
In exchange, the mayor undertook to name a future sports center in the capital “Champions of the World”. The City Hall agreed to recognize Hermoso and the other Madrid footballer who participated in the World Cup, Claudia Zornoza.
In fact, in September of last year, the Sports Councilor, Sonia Cea, proposed renaming the municipal sports center of Orcasitas “Champions of the World” and name one of your three football fieldsHim with the name of Hermoso and another with Zornoza. Both have trained in the past at these facilities.
In turn, Cea explained that changing the name of the Carabanchel Dog Track was not possible because it was a historic installation.
