LINKOPING, Sweden: Fans of Swedish club Linkoping and England's Arsenal showed their solidarity with Spain player Jenni Hermoso ahead of a Champions League qualifier on Wednesday (Sep 6) as the fallout from a kiss in the wake of the Women's World Cup final continues. Spanish soccer federation president Lui
LINKOPING, Sweden: Fans of Swedish club Linkoping and England's Arsenal showed their solidarity with Spain player Jenni Hermoso ahead of a Champions League qualifier on Wednesday as the fallout from a kiss in the wake of the Women's World Cup final continues.
The situation has since spiralled into a national row over women's rights, macho behaviour and sexual abuse that has attracted attention from all over the world. "Unfortunately, that is the case sometimes in women's football and women's sports - these causes have to take the spotlight off the football," she added.
Linkoping fan Emma Holmquist, who is part of the club's"Lion Pack" supporters group, said that putting together the protest in support of Hermoso was surprisingly easy - when she tried to contact Arsenal fan groups, she found that they had also been trying to get in touch with her.
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