The kiss happened as Luis Rubiales distributed gold medals after Spain’s win over England.
Jennifer Hermoso later played down the incident in a statement sent to the Spanish news agency EFE by the federation.
The kiss happened as Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish football federation, distributed gold medals among the team following their 1-0 victory over England yesterday. Asked again about the incident on Spain’s COPE Radio station, she said: “I wish they created involving someone else, I’m a world champion and that’s what matters.”“The kiss with Jenni? There are idiots everywhere. When two people have a moment of affection that means nothing more, you can’t listen to idiocy. We are the champions, that’s it,” he said according to Radio Marca.
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