The episode that occurred in the World Cup final in Sydney between Luis Rubiales and Jenni Hermoso, in which the president of the Spanish Football Federation kissed the world champion without consent, has ended with Rubiales assuring that he does not intend to resign.
After the intervention of the still president of the RFEF, an avalanche of messages of support for the 33-year-old Madrid soccer player has been created, who has stated that she feels “vulnerable and victim of aggression” through an official statement.
Among the most important voices that have come together to support the midfielder is that of Alejandro Sanz. In a tweet, the artist expressed his appreciation not only for Hermoso’s sporting prowess, but also for his influence beyond the pitch these days.
“You have inadvertently changed a country with a stroke of the pen. Respect and admiration,” Sanz assured. This phrase, more than a simple message of support, signals a momentous change of course in the public perception of the role of athletes in society.
Hermoso has not only been a champion in the sports field, getting a trophy in which practically no one believed; Rather, her position in the face of an act as reprehensible as the Rubiales kiss and her subsequent statements has created a wave of awareness that has reached all corners of the country.
Hermoso’s response to Rubiales’s kiss was not left alone in the public denunciation; it was a call to action. His statement calls for “real changes, both at a sporting and structural level”, an invitation to take advantage of this “great success” to sow a lasting legacy in future generations.
Hermoso’s words have been joined by other colleagues, both nationally and internationally, as well as other prominent names in the sport such as Isco, Borja Iglesias or Pau Gasol.
