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After the unexpected kiss on the mouth of Luis Rubiales to Jennifer Beautiful, that has gone around the world, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) would have taken advantage of the return flight from Australia to Qatar to plan their damage control by begging the soccer player to record a joint video communication with the aim of justifying the action.
This is how the Spanish media reported it this Tuesday Relief. Before your reach Spainthe world champions stopped at Doha. On that first flight, which was attended by sponsors, family members, technical staff, board members and players, rubiales He begged the midfielder to record a video at the same airport as the stopover.
The objective of the audiovisual was not only to apologize, but to agree on the narrative that it was an action driven by effusiveness. The top boss of Spanish soccer appealed to the good relationship he maintains with the family of the Mexican football figure and would have implied that his position was in danger.
Despite all the pressure and insistence, the soccer player from Pachuca would have refused. Apparently, rubiales used the selector Jorge Vilda so that your strategy will come to fruition. The reports indicate that up to three times he approached the family of Beautiful with the intent to persuade.
According to the information, the president was being pressured from high levels of the government such as the Ministry of Culture and Sports. Not being able to obtain the approval of Beautifullaunched his solo statement from the airport of Doha, assuring that it was a fact “without bad faith on both sides”.
Jennifer Hermoso, used by the Royal Spanish Football Federation
After the controversial image on the lawn of the Accor Stadiumthe player confessed to her teammates in the locker room that she had not liked what the president had done, so it was recorded in a live broadcast on Instagram.
However, hours after the incident, the Real spanish soccer federation issued a statement on behalf of the footballer in which it is assured was “A mutual gesture, totally spontaneous due to the immense joy that winning a World Cup gives. The president and I have a great relationship, his behavior with all of us has been outstanding and it was a natural gesture of affection and gratitude”.
In accordance with Relief, Beautiful He did not subscribe to those words that were written by the communication department of the Federation. The kiss on her mouth and her obscene gestures in the box next to the queen Leticiathe infant Sofia and the president of the FIFA Gianni Infantino They have generated a schism both in sport and socially.
This Tuesday, political parties and senior officials of Spanish politics such as the president Pedro Sanchez They spoke publicly about what happened and the calls for his resignation from office are gaining more and more strength.
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