The Rubiales case continues to give people something to talk about both in Spain and outside our borders. Without a doubt, it is something that has transcended beyond football and has caught the attention of a large part of the international press. Since the day of the World Cup final, many foreign media have closely followed all the events that have been taking place in relation to one of the most media cases in recent years.
In the New York Times, from the US, they talk about the movement
From the United Kingdom, on the BBC, today they publish an article where they reflect on why women do not denounce the abuses in relation to the case of the kiss to Jennifer Hermoso. This same newspaper has also echoed the campaign
Other newspapers, such as The Toronto Star (Canada), also equate this movement with the
The Daily Star newspaper has also echoed on its cover the decision of the mother of Luis Rubiales to go on hunger strike for the “persecution” that, according to her, they are carrying out against her son. As she has stated, she hopes that Jennifer Hermoso will speak out and tell “the truth” of what happened.
In Italy, from the Corriere Della Serra, they subscribe: “Spain stops to support it.” Specifically, the Italian newspaper refers to yesterday’s concentration of hundreds of people in support of Jennifer Hermoso. From Germany, at the Franfurter Allgemeine, they call the Rubiales case a “scandal” and echo the feminist demonstration held yesterday to cry out against Rubiales and in defense of the player.
In France, Le Monde and Libération focus on the “forced kiss” suffered by Jenni Hermoso and on the previous investigation that has opened justice for “sexual assault”. From the Netherlands, in De Telegraf, they take out on their digital cover the UN’s criticism of Rubiales’s kiss.
From Latin America, the newspaper Olé, in Brazil, talks about a “scandal” over the Rubiales case and the possible dismissal of Jorge Vilda as coach of the women’s team. Also in South America, the newspaper Cancha, from Mexico, today has on the front page the friendly match between the women’s teams from America and FC Barcelona under the headline “Va por Jenni!”. In Chile, the press condemns what happened in Spain and affirms that it does great damage to Spain and its candidacy to organize the 2030 World Cup.
Luis Rubiales announced last Friday, against all odds, that he was clinging to his position as president of the Spanish Football Federation. In a very tough speech against his critics, Rubiales insisted on the consent that, according to him, was in the kiss that he gave Jenni Hermoso. A version that denied the player and that unleashed a barrage of criticism, especially among feminists, the same one that Rubiales attacked in his speech, referring to him as “false feminism.”
Far from rectifying or going back, the president of Spanish football reaffirmed his position and defended himself against those who were committing “social murder” and refused to resign. From then on, public opinion ended up turning its back on Rubiales and many sports personalities disapproved of the president’s attitude while supporting Jennifer Hermoso.
Following the RFEF president’s firm decision to continue in his post, FIFA provisionally suspended Luis Rubiales from all activity for 90 days. From the Government, work is also being done to disqualify the president and the TAD has requested in the last hours more documentation to file him.
Yesterday the last ones who joined in asking for the resignation of Luis Rubiales were the presidents of the federations. All of them issued a statement unanimously calling for the “immediate” resignation of the president. While Rubiales finds himself increasingly cornered, his mother announced that she was beginning a hunger strike locked up in a church until the “inhuman and bloody hunt” for her son ceased.
