Luis Rubiales, former president of the Football Association in Spain, continues to be tried on Monday, with sexual assault on kissing Jenny Hermoso, in a case feed in broader discussions about sexual bias and approval.
Hermoso is scheduled to appear as a witness on the opening day after she traveled from Mexico, where football is playing for the club. The trial will continue until February 19.
When Spanish players received their medals after defeating England in Sydney to win the 2023 World Cup, Rubiales Hermoso caught the head and kissed them on the lips. After that, Hermoso said that the qiblah was not mutual, while Rubiales insisted on it.
The accident sparked protests and called for the resignation of Rubiales, and also entered the political scene. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose left -wing government agreed to reforms seeking to enhance gender equality and ensure approval in sexual relations, said that Rubiales's kiss had shown that “there is still a long way to go when it comes to equality and respect between women and men.”
After initially remained the challenge and a charming chase, led by “fake feminism”, the president of the federation eventually resigned before the legal charges against him.
Public prosecutors call for one year prison sentence for sexual assault on the qiblah. They also invite him to obtain a prison sentence for a year and a half for coercion, allegedly trying to pressure Hermoso to say publicly that the kiss was consensus. Rubiales denies charges.
Three of Rubiales teammates are also tried with the alleged coercion: Jorge Felda, the coach of the World Cup, Robion Rivera, former head of the Federation Marketing, and former sports director, Albert Locke. They all deny the charges.
Isabelle Fuentis has seen the national team closely since it was among the first women to represent Spain in football, from 1971 onwards. The anger caused by the Rubiales kiss is described as “very sad”, because of how it overwhelmed the victory of the World Cup, which, when mentioning it, fluctuated about tears.
“It was something we would like to try, but we were not allowed to do so,” she says. “These players have won for us. They lived our dreams.”
Feentes played when the dictatorship of Francisco Franco was still in place and the women's team was not allowed even to wear the Spanish flag on their shirts.
“The regime said:” We do not want you to play football, but we will only ignore you. “Al -Ittihad put all kinds of obstacles on our way.”
Like many fans, she was concerned about how Rubiales controversy on the international photo of Spanish football, and shocked from footage that it was found that the former president of the federation celebrated the World Cup victory by seizing the Queen of Letizia.
But younger players, such as Belén Pairta, prefer to emphasize the arrival of football for women, instead of looking for the Rubiales case. Pairta is played by the Olimpia Las Rozas team, even in the past few years, has noticed a shift in terms of interest and support for women's football.
“When I was younger, the girls who playing football were strange,” she said. “This is wonderful and attractive.”
Her teammate, Andrea Rodriguez. Although she says she sometimes she may hear sexual comments about women's football, social situations are largely positive.
“People are more open now,” she says.
