The player of the Spanish women’s soccer team Jenni Hermoso denied this Friday the version of Luis Rubiales, guaranteeing that he never consented to the kiss that has generated controversy since the world title celebrations.
“I want to clarify that, as seen in the images, at no time did I consent to the kiss he gave me and, of course, I did not try to lift the president in any way. I do not tolerate my word being put at stake.” matter and much less that they invent words that I did not say”, affirmed the player in a statement from the FutPro players union, quoted by the newspaper Marca.
The statement is signed by the players of the recently world champion Spanish team, including Jenni Hermoso, as well as other players. The athletes refuse to integrate a new call for the selection, if the management structure of the Royal Spanish Football Federation is maintained.
“We want to end this statement by asking for real changes, both sporting and structural, that help the national team to continue growing, in order to pass on this great sporting success of Spanish women’s football to future generations.” they say.
And it shoots: “We want to emphasize that no woman should have to respond to the scathing images that everyone saw and, of course, they should not be involved in non-consensual attitudes.”
Read the full statement:
“After the events that occurred this morning and in view of the perplexity of the speech delivered by the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Manuel Rubiales Béjar, the players of the senior team, recently world champion, in support of Jennifer Hermoso, wishes to express its firm and categorical condemnation of behaviors that violate the dignity of women.
Taking into account the statements of the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Jennifer Hermoso wishes to categorically deny that she consented to the kiss that Don Luis Manuel Rubiales Béjar gave her in the World Cup final. “I want to clarify that, as seen in the images, at no time did I consent to the kiss he gave me and, of course, I did not try to lift the president in any way. I do not tolerate my word being put at stake.” ask, let alone make up words that I didn’t say,” says Hermoso.
“From our union we want to emphasize that no woman should have to respond to the scathing images that everyone saw and, of course, she should not be involved in non-consensual attitudes,” the players say in the statement released by FutPro.
The players of the Spanish soccer team, the current world champion, expect energetic responses from the public authorities so that actions such as those mentioned here do not go unpunished.
“We want to end this statement by asking for real changes, both sporting and structural, that help the national team to continue growing, in order to transmit this great success to future generations. With sadness, “We see that such an unacceptable fact manages to tarnish the greatest sporting success of Spanish women’s football”.
After everything that happened during the Women’s World Cup, we want to inform you that all the players who signed this letter will not be called up to the national team again if the current administration continues. The players who signed this letter are: Jennifer Hermoso; Alexia Putellas; Mass Rodriguez; Irene Paredes; Oná Batlle; Mariona Caldentey; Teresa Abelleira; Maria Perez; Tasting Coll; Aitana Bonmati; Laia Codina; Claudia Zornoza; Oihane Hernandez; Rocio Galvez; Irene Guerrero; Round Alba; Athena of the Castle; Eva Navarro; Enith Hall; Ivana Andres; Salma Paralluelo, Esther González, and Olga Carmona. [as 23 convocadas para o Mundial]; Patricia Guijarro; Lola Gallardo; Nerea Eizagirre; Ainhoa Moraza; Maria Leon “Mapi”; Sandra Panos; Claudia Pina; Amaiur Sarriegi; Leila Ouahabi; Laia Alexandri; Lucia Garcia; Andrea Pereira; Vero Boquete; Ainhoa Tirapu; Sandra Villanova; Ana Romero “Willy”; Silvia Meseguer; Nagore Calderon; Carmen Arce “Kubalita”; Priscilla Borgia; Natalia Pablos; Susan Guerrero; Larraitz Lucas; Elizabeth Benedict; Amanda Sampedro; Isabel Fuentes; Elizabeth Sanchez; Mari Paz Azagra; Vanessa Gimbert; Virginia Torrecilla; Leire Landa; Elizabeth Ibarra; and Marta Torrejon.”
Source: TSF
