Breaking down what has happened and who has said what since Rubiales kissed Hermoso after Spain's World Cup win last weekend
Olga Carmona’s first-half goal saw them to a 1-0 victory over England in the final in the Australian city of Sydney but celebrations of that historic achievement have been overshadowed by events away from the pitch.
The Spanish women’s players’ union FUTPRO says it expresses its “firm and categorical condemnation in the face of behaviours that threaten the dignity of women”.“FUTPRO rejects any attitude or behaviour that damages footballers’ rights and from the union we are working so that acts like the ones we have seen never go unpunished, are sanctioned and the appropriate measures are taken that protect footballers from acts that we believe are unacceptable,” its statement reads.
“We’re in a country where the law rules, where there has to be a motive to take you out of some place. And I say, what is it I’ve done? A consensual peck is enough to get me out of here?”, stating they will reject call-ups to the national team until the leadership of the RFEF changes and describing the actions of Rubiales as “violating the dignity of women”.The letter includes a statement from Hermoso outlining she had not consented to the kiss or lifted Rubiales in the air.
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