At the limit, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, could be expelled for the controversy of the kiss and hug to the player Jenni Hermoso, the day Spain won the Women’s Soccer World Cup. However, the Portuguese-Spanish organization of the 2030 World Cup will not be at stake, he affirms, TSFProfessor of Sports Law at the Lusófona University, Lúcio Correia.
This Thursday, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee opened a disciplinary investigation against Rubiales, arguing that the manager’s attitudes may constitute violations of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 13 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code.” fair play“.
TO TSFProfessor Lúcio Correia considers that “if unethical conduct is found, in addition to the FIFA procedure, obviously there will have to be a disciplinary procedure at the level of the Spanish Football Federation itself, and that may be at stake, not not only the suspension of activity, but the very removal of President Luis Rubiales”.
Portugal and Spain presented a joint candidacy for the 2030 World Cup. But, for Lúcio Correia, it will not be “an isolated behavior” that puts him in doubt. “Both the Spanish and Portuguese federations have already shown great responsibility and competence.”
In the celebrations for the conquest of the Spanish team in the Women’s World Cup, Luis Rubiales grabbed the face of the forward Jenni Hermoso and kissed her on the mouth, to which the player initially said that she did not like it and that it took her by surprise. later devalued, in a statement from the RFEF and that a Spanish newspaper says forged, and, more recently, requested, through the Union, exemplary measures against the leader.
An extraordinary General Assembly of the RFEF is scheduled for Friday.
Source: TSF
