Published September 02,2023
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Spain‘s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated on Saturday the nation’s ladies footballers “gave the world a lesson” by happening strike over federation chief Luis Rubiales‘ World Cup kiss.
“Our players have won twice: first on the pitch, and now in giving a lesson to the world, a lesson of equality between men and women” Sanchez stated.
Spanish midfielder Jenni Hermoso joined a mass strike of girls gamers final week saying she didn’t consent to being kissed by the nation’s suspended soccer federation chief Rubiales after Spain’s victory within the Women’s World Cup closing.
Sanchez, talking in Malaga, applauded the gamers’ stance.
Last week in a press release launched by ladies gamers’ union Futpro, Hermoso and 80 different gamers stated they’d not settle for a global call-up “if the current leadership continues” on the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF).
Rubiales, 46, has defied expectations and refused to resign, scary widespread indignation.
Sanchez stated Spain was a feminist nation, with ladies who had determined “to no longer submit. Never again. It’s over” in reference to the slogan chanted in demonstrations in help of Hermoso.
On Friday, Spain’s sports activities court docket agreed to analyze Rubiales for the compelled kiss because the scandal-hit soccer chief insisted he would defend himself to “prove the truth”.
The authorities lodged a criticism towards Rubiales by the state-run National Sports Council (CSD) every week in the past, accusing him of “very serious” offences.
In agreeing to take the case, the Administrative Tribunal for Sport (TAD) stated it thought of the behaviour in query “serious”, falling in need of the federal government’s characterisation of Rubiales’ actions.
Rubiales has been suspended by world governing physique FIFA for 90 days whereas it decides on disciplinary measures.
Meanwhile, Veronica Boquete, a former nationwide crew skipper instructed AFP-TV in an interview on Saturday that the scandal was “the straw that broke the camel’s back”.
“It means that when there are no cameras, when there is no-one else, when it’s not the final of a World Cup, a lot of other things happen, which we normalise and let pass when that shouldn’t be the case,” stated the Boquete.
The 36-year-old, who performs in Italy with Fiorentina, was axed as skipper in 2017.
She hit out on the administration of coach Jorge Vilda who took Spain to the World Cup title final month regardless of tensions between him and his gamers.
“In the national team, if you complained and wanted to improve things, whoever was in charge didn’t listen to you and very often, you paid the consequences, which were exclusion from the national team,” claimed Boquete.
“So, it also caused fear of the consequences.”
The 56-time capped participant added: “Almost all the time, on this planet of soccer, the people who find themselves there are males, and so they all the time have a reasonably macho mentality. So it is a fixed struggle.
“We need people who work for us (women) and who want to do it, and not because it’s an obligation.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
