It started with a kiss. How could it end up like this? Everything you need to know about why 81 players and most of the coaching staff of Spain’s World Cup-winning team are on strike.
their 1-0 win over England in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final
Spain’s Alexia Putellas, Jennifer Hermoso and Irene Paredes celebrate after defeating England in the final.It’s one of the biggest sporting scandals in recent memory, and a line-in-the-sand moment for women’s football.The events of last Sunday are the straw that broke the camel’s back. Trouble has been brewing in Spanish women’s football for a long time now, and a lot of it is tied to political machinations within the sport. Not all players feel the same way.
Only three of the 15 returned for the World Cup, but others including Mapi Leon and Patri Guijarro, two of the world’s best players in their positions, stood by their guns. . Audio from another player’s Instagram Live later caught Rubiales telling the team that he would marry Hermoso in Ibiza. In a statement released by the RFEF to news agencies, Hermoso was quoted as saying it was “no big deal” and a “mutual, totally spontaneous gesture” – comments that were, it turns out, falsely attributed to her. Hermoso issued her own statement with the Spanish players’ union, calling for sanctions against Rubiales and better protection of players. She later revealed RFEF had been pressuring her to defend Rubiales for days.
Then FIFA, which had opened up an investigation into Rubiales’ conduct during the week, hit him with a provisional 90-day suspension from all footballing activities, and ordered for him and the RFEF to not make any contact with Hermoso while their disciplinary proceedings are ongoing.
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