The Spanish soccer federation's president says he 'made a mistake' in kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain's World Cup-clinching win.
A goal by Olga Carmona in the 29th minute helped Spain beat England in Sydney Sunday, earning the country’s first women’s World Cup., tweeted: “It is a form of sexual violence that women suffer on a daily basis, and which has been invisible so far, and which we should not normalize.”
The Spanish soccer federation attempted to smooth over the situation Sunday by releasing a statement quoting Hermoso as saying: “It was a totally spontaneous mutual gesture due to the immense joy of winning a World Cup. The president and I have a great relationship, his behavior with all of us has been excellent and it was a natural gesture of affection and gratitude.
Rubiales also was asked about the incident Sunday by Radio Marca. “The kiss with Jenni?” he replied. “There are idiots all over. When two people have a moment of affection without any importance, we can’t listen to idiocy. We’re champions and I stay with that.”with Rubiales apologizing for the incident.
“There is something I regret and that is what happened between me and a player ... with whom I have a magnificent relationship, as I do with others,” Rubiales said in Spanish. “I have to admit I made a mistake because, in a moment of maximum euphoria, without any bad intentions or bad faith on either side, what happened happened.
“Here, we saw it as something normal, but outside it seems to have caused an uproar. It seems people have been offended by this and I have to apologize.”
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