Spanish women team's coach Jorge Vilda, who faced down a player mutiny to steer his team to World Cup glory, is to be sacked in the increasingly acrimonious fallout from a kiss scandal involving his boss, according to a football federation source.
Spain's Jennifer Hermoso celebrates with President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales after the match.Spain's Jennifer Hermoso celebrates with President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales after the match.
Rubiales’ kiss of Jenni Hermoso, who has denounced it as unwanted and sexist, came as he handed medals to the World Cup-winning squad in front of millions of viewers worldwide at the closing ceremony in Australia earlier this month. Rubiales has refused to resign and blamed “false feminists” for demonizing him, but when world governing body FIFA suspended him, regional RFEF chiefs urged him to step down.Vilda’s tenure as coach since 2015 was called into question last year when 15 players sent letters to the RFEF saying they would no longer play for Spain with him in charge.
The RFEF, which speaks for Vilda while he remains coach, did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. Vilda was among those who most enthusiastically applauded Rubiales’ refusal to resign at an RFEF meeting.
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