Rubiales continues to attract the wrath of public opinion. After the politicians, it is the turn of the president of the Women’s Liga Beatriz Álvarez Mesa to attack the boss of the RFEF in a long incriminating text. In particular, she revealed that this scandal publicly revealed the true personality of Luis Rubiales
“I am ashamed of the global image that Spanish football gives because of the unacceptable behavior of the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. I get countless calls and messages from women footballers, coaches, managers and colleagues, even from other world leagues, who are shocked by what has happened, she writes. It is not only about the fact of the kiss, but about the general behavior in the VIP box, on the field, in the locker room, or when a few hours after such behavior, the President of the Federation dared to publicly insult all people who criticized such a repugnant attitude.”
“I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am part of this honorable group of “idiots, imbeciles, morons, assholes and assholes”, as the President described to us on the Cadena Cope . A group that thousands of people join minute by minute, not only in Spain but all over the world,” adds the leader of the Women’s Liga.
“Unfortunately I am not surprised by this attitude or the inappropriate behavior of the president of the RFEF in the way he proceeds and addresses people. It is not something isolated and even less spontaneous. Aggressiveness, arrogance and permanent contempt have always been present in personal and institutional relationships. What happened is that the character that many of us know in private appeared in public.
The president of the Spanish women’s championship in office since 2011 even considers that it is “unforgivable that the greatest success in the history of Spanish women’s sport is tarnished forever by the actions of the president of the RFEF, who stole the show from the only people who deserve it: female footballers.” “The Spanish government will certainly understand that these actions, and others, damage Spain’s image and the bid for the 2030 World Cup.”
She concludes her letter by addressing the executive: “I would like to think that for Minister Miquel Iceta (Minister of Culture and Sport) it will not be enough to ask for forgiveness”. “Neither the Spanish government nor the president of the Superior Council of Sport can be satisfied with keeping a low profile or ignoring a new action that has irreparably damaged our sport. Otherwise, they would be disrespecting the thousands of women and girls who fought for their dreams, as well as all the fans who yesterday supported their national team and their country.”
“As president of professional women’s football, as a former footballer and as a woman, I have the obligation, the responsibility and the right to say that football, Spanish sport and women footballers deserve much more, and that there are limits that should not be exceeded. And they have been exceeded. This will go down in the history of world sport, and the way the Spanish government will act as well.” For the time being Rubiales is still in office but his days could be numbered if the declarations multiply.