Spanish soccer has been suffering from the ‘kiss’ controversy© AFP
The Spanish soccer federation on Tuesday despatched its “most sincere apologies” for the “totally unacceptable behaviour” of suspended president Luis Rubiales over his forcible kiss on a Ladies’s Global Cup participant. The RFEF introduced its “most sincere apologies… for the totally unacceptable behaviour of its highest institutional representative during the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and in the moments that followed”, it mentioned in a commentary. Rubiales, 46, sparked international outrage when he forcibly kissed Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso right through the medal rite then Spain defeated England to win the Ladies’s Global Cup in Sydney on August 20. He has been suspended via FIFA pending an investigation however has refused to surrender, protecting the kiss as “just a peck” which he claimed was once consensual.
However Hermoso mentioned it was once no longer and it had left her feeling just like the “victim of an assault”.
“The damage caused to Spanish football, to Spanish sport, to Spanish society and to the values of football and sport as a whole has been enormous,” the RFEF mentioned in extending the apology to FIFA, UEFA “and especially the players of the Spanish national women’s team”.
Rubiales’ statements then the incident had been “inappropriate and meaningless” and “not (the position) of the RFEF” which was once “saddened and embarrassed” via the misery they’d brought about.
The federation, which to start with got here underneath hearth for no longer calling for Rubiales’ escape till 8 days then the incident, mentioned it had opened an investigation into his movements to bring “to ensure that such behaviour is not repeated”.
It had additionally dedicated to undertaking “a thorough review of all policies and procedures of the organisation”, pledging to give “in the coming days a whole set of actions to improve the governance of the Spanish football federation and to repair, as far as possible, the damage caused”.
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