Player of the Gibraltar national football team, on condition of anonymity, told Gibraltar Sports News about threats and abuse of the head coach of the national team Julio Ribas.
According to the player, the 66-year-old Uruguayan specialist, who has been working with the team since 2018, blackmails some players with not being called up to the national team, as well as makes unkind comments about the weight of the athletes.
Some players receive constant threats from Ribas... He calls players and advises them to sign contracts with certain clubs in order to be invited to the national team. He tells some of them that he will not choose them because they are fat...
On November 18, the national team of the British overseas territory in Nice suffered the biggest defeat in its history, losing to France with a score of 0:14 in the seventh round match of Group B of the qualification for the European Championship 2024. Thus, the Gibraltar national team have not scored a single point in seven matches, closing the group table.
