MADRID 15 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
‘Panini’ and Liga F presented this Wednesday the third edition of the album of the national women’s soccer championship, a collection that is already “consolidated” and has already gone on sale, and which on this occasion has new features such as more special series and exclusive cards.
As detailed by Lluis Torrent, general director of ‘Panini Spain’, the collection will have “429 different cards, with more special series and more exclusive cards.” Thus, there will be a total of 18 players per team, who are chosen “by the editorial team” of the company and based on their “recent history”, and also 37 of the so-called ‘placers’, additional cards for the collector to place to one or the other, “even on top of the other without disturbing.”
In addition, there will also be series such as ‘Fantásticas’, ‘Factor Gol’ and ‘Fresh’, “made with very special and top-level materials.” “They all start with the ‘F’ for football, for women, for strength and for the future,” said Torrent, who stressed that “the icing on the cake” are the ‘Premium’ cards and a “special” one, the ‘Maxi Premium’, that will have the image of Aitana Bonmatí, “who is the best player in the world.”
The manager, without giving sales data for the previous collections, made it clear that the F League collection is “consolidated and on the level it deserves”, while in the face of possible criticism for any absence, he clarified that “it never rains to the liking of all” and that “it is inevitable that some will not come out.
“I want to thank the F League team that helps us enormously to make this collection. The work to make one is a team and that of the F League and ‘Panini’ is working wonderfully. We have paved the way for other ‘Panini’ ‘ so that they copy us in something that we have been pioneers and we have redoubled the editorial effort to make a better and more complete collection for collectors and players,” he stressed.
Torrent also clarified that “there are several reasons” why this album comes out in January and not before. “Apart from the commercials to distribute our editorial program because we release quite a few collections, 60 per year, the most important reason was to be able to make an album more adjusted to reality. At the beginning of the championship there are more difficulties and now it is more refined, January We believe that it is a more solid time,” he concluded.
BEATRIZ ÁLVAREZ: “WE ARE A REFERENCE AND WE MUST VALUE IT”
For her part, the president of League F, Beatriz Álvarez, described the day as “important” and thanked ‘Panini’ for “its commitment to women’s football and promotion of League F.” “It is the third season, there is already a consolidated commitment and absolute conviction in the development of professional women’s football,” he indicated.
The leader stressed that the Spanish championship is “a benchmark” with this collection and that “many leagues” want to do the same, something that she was able to verify in recent days at the Women’s Leagues Forum. “The ‘Panini’ issue came up from the president of the American league who, as soon as she saw it, said she wanted one. Being a reference in something must always be valued,” he expressed, celebrating that footballers and clubs are receiving recognition. to their “work and effort” and can “enjoy this visibility.
The presentation at the F League headquarters of Ivonne Chacón (Levante UD), Lice Chamorro (RCD Espanyol) and Andrea Jacinto (Real Sociedad), three of the footballers who are on the album cover along with footballers such as Aitana Bonmatí (FC Barcelona) , Caroline Weir (Real Madrid), Lola Gallardo (Atlético de Madrid), Nerea Nevado (Athletic Club) and María Llompart (Levante Badalona).
“In Colombia there is no ‘Panini’ and it is very gratifying to be on a cover, I am very happy. I made the one for the 23-24 season and gave it to my ‘little sister’, although I did not complete it,” said Chacón, while Chamorro highlighted his “pride.” “Since I was little I dreamed of playing soccer but I didn’t even see myself on the cover of a collection. For boys and girls having references is important and I tell parents to do their part and spend the money to give them a gift,” she said. with a smile.
“I have always liked these collections a lot, although since I didn’t really like to spend my money, my father bought me many,” Jacinto said with a laugh. “It is exciting to have one from our league and being on the cover makes me very excited. It is a good gift and any child will be delighted to have envelopes to open and so that they can learn more about the players who are going to be their references in the future,” he said.