Pedro Sánchez surprises the Spanish sport, by appointing as a president of the Higher Sports Council and secretary of state to a woman of political profile and so far outside the sector. Irene Lozano (Madrid, 1971) is, however, a person of her close confidence, as evidenced by the fact that she was the author of the book in which the president narrates his political career, 'Resistance Manual'. Lozano is the second woman who comes to office, replacing former skier María José Rienda, both with Sánchez.

Rienda aspired to continue in the position and, in fact, had made calls and expressed concern in recent days, waiting for news. Finally, he received the call from the new Minister of Culture and Sports, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes , but not with the expected content.

The Rienda stage, which ended up having a very naive profile, was severed by the period in which the Government functions, a fact that led to the varadero the main project of its mandate, the draft of the draft of a new sports law. The current one, from 1990, has remained anachronistic, does not respond to the reality of the current sport. It is therefore up to Lozano to retake the initiative based on a text that has already generated confrontations, especially for what is known as an 'anti-Thebes' article, in which professional leagues are prohibited from marketing federation rights. The controversy is framed in the war between Javier Tebas , president of the League, and Luis Rubiales , president of the Spanish Football Federation, to whose influence the former links the inclusion of the article in the draft. However, long before reviewing the text in depth, Lozano will have to make a much more important decision regarding an atavistic conflict between the League and Federation that has already unbalanced several of his predecessors, such as Jaime Lissavetzky and Miguel Cardenal . This is the request of Rubiales to advance elections in the Federation that, according to the Ministerial Order, must be held after the Olympic Games in all national federations. The decision corresponds to the CSD. If authorized, Rubiales would be able to avoid the risks of a possible bad European Championship and his opponents would have less time to put together an alternative, without any realistic candidate in sight. If he rejects it, the opposition will gain time. Controversy, then, assured.

Writer and journalist, for a while in this newspaper, and recently at the helm of Global Spain, Lozano can use the experience acquired in the last body to make the international prestigo of Spanish sport profitable and use it in diplomatic terms. It will also be essential to design your team and, in particular, the sports director, where you can use a more technical profile to compensate yours, clearly political.

Faced with the nationalists as they pass through Spain Global, Lozano must rebuild relations with members of the Government of Sanchez, who maintain the aspirations of international representation in the sports field, as evidenced by the pact signed with the PNV. An always latent threat to the first tenant of the CSD, with more visibility than many ministers, and more in the Olympic year.

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