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[quote=Anonymous][quote] Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales has refused to resign from his position as Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president following a week of fierce criticism after video showed him placing an unwanted kiss on a star player of Spain’s winning Women’s World Cup team.

Rubiales was speaking at the federation’s Extraordinary General Assembly on Friday and said he will “fight to the end.”

In a defiant speech, he described the kiss as “mutual” and spoke of “unjust” campaigns and “fake feminism,” and emphatically said, “I will not resign” several times during the almost 30-minute address.

Rubiales, 46, was filmed forcibly kissing Spain star Jennifer Hermoso – who helped La Roja win its first Women’s World Cup title on Sunday in Sydney – on the lips after she collected her winners’ medal, an act which the 33-year-old World Cup winner later said she “didn’t like” and “didn’t expect.”

While Rubiales was applauded at the assembly by many in the audience, his comments on Friday also elicited further criticism, especially from some members of the Spanish soccer community, including Hermoso’s international teammate and two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas, who called his speech “unacceptable.”

Spain international and Real Betis striker Borja Iglesias said he would not play for the national team “until things change,” while Spain’s acting second deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz, called for Rubiales to “resign now.”

“Mr. Rubiales still has no idea where he is or what he’s done,” wrote Díaz on X, previously known as Twitter. “He’s not up to it. He needs to resign now and save us the embarrassment,” she added.[/quote]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/football/luis-rubiales-defiant-speech-spain-world-cup-kiss-spt-intl/index.html#:~:text=Spanish%20soccer%20chief%20Luis%20Rubiales,winning%20Women%27s%20World%20Cup%20team.

People are describing his speech as like the Wolf of Wall Street speech. Let’s see where this sh#t goes. Looks like the men’s team will join the women’s team and not play.[/quote]

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