Spanish football is plunging ever deeper into chaos in the wake of the kissing scandal. Former association president Luis Rubiales started the scandal. He kissed his teammate Jennifer Hermoso at the awards ceremony after winning the World Cup final. He further said that the kiss was mutually agreed upon immediately after the World Cup win. Hermoso denies this. The scene sparked global outrage. Rubiales was suspended by FIFA and eventually resigned.
Jennifer Hermoso later filed a complaint against the president of the Spanish association. A Spanish prosecutor filed a lawsuit against the Supreme Court last week Rubiales Filed for sexual harassment. The players also went on strike.
There is now a lack of clarity regarding the international match strike involving women’s football world champions Spain. New team boss Montez Tomé named his squad on Monday for Nations League games against Sweden on Friday and Switzerland on Tuesday. There are also 15 players who had earlier gone on strike against their will!
Tomé assured journalists in Madrid that he had spoken to the footballers he nominated and that none of them had refused to take part in the match. Footballer Alexia Putellas’ players around the world saw things very differently. Late Monday evening they announced that they would continue their international strike.
However, the new boss worked without Hermoso on the coaching bench of the Spanish women’s national team. The trainer said the reason for this was that they wanted to “protect” Hermoso. Hermoso commented on this on Twitter. In his statement, the player said: “Protect yourself from what? And in front of whom?” Shortly before midnight, Aitana Bonamati, who was named best World Cup player, wrote on X, among other things: “(…) Our firm will not be nominated for legitimate reasons (… ) is completely legal.” Hermoso wrote that she stands with her colleagues.
As he wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday morning, he also accused the association of “divisiveness” and “manipulation” to intimidate us and threaten us with legal consequences and economic sanctions. “We spent many weeks, many months looking for this protection that we could not find in the RFEF itself. The same people who ask for our confidence are the same people who today publish the list of players who have asked not to be called up,” Hermoso criticized.
They want to maintain pressure on the Footballers’ Association through their international match strikes. 21 members of the world champion team and 18 other top players demanded, among other things, the removal of RFEF interim boss Pedro Rocha and other officials close to Rubiales. Ironically, national coach Tomé is also considered a confidant of Rubiales.
On Monday, the association issued a release on the occasion of the team’s nomination and stressed: “We guarantee a safe environment to the players and are committed to an environment of mutual trust to ensure that women’s football and Be strong.” Future.”
