Alejandro Blanco describes the scandal over Rubiales’ kiss as an “isolated event”

2023-09-21 15:12:10

The president of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), Alejandro Blanco, has assured that “in no case” what happened in the celebration after the Women’s World Cup won by Spain and the subsequent tension between the players and RFEF can “cloud” the “great image of Spanish sport” and, furthermore, he has been confident that Spain will be in the Olympic Games with its two teams; the masculine and the feminine.

“We all have to be responsible for our part to find the common good through sport. An isolated event It cannot in any way cloud the great image of Spanish sport, the level of our athletes, coaches, clubs and national teams. Please, that is sacred,” he assured the media.

Blanco, who attended the press during the event in which the Spanish weightlifter Lydia Valentín announced her retirement, assured that this “isolated event” by Rubiales cannot harm the athletes. “It made me sad that in every interview a soccer player was asked about what happened, not about having won a World Cup. But an isolated event cannot cloud the success of our athletes, who must do what they do better than anyone else: compete and win,” he reiterated.

“Help”

The president of the COE draws from what happened in the women’s national team that some athletes have said that the situation “was not what it should be.” “In this house if we want something it is to help athletes and understand athletes and that can only be answered and It can only be solved with dialogue, listening to them and understanding their demands. what they do,” he asked.

“Throughout the years that I have been in the Spanish Olympic Committee, Never has an athlete presented a problem in that regard, that is, that he does not compete and that he does not represent Spain.. When someone has problems, and there have been problems in several federations, we have always tried to solve it,” he argued.

And he points out that the RFEF is responsible for everything and in charge of finding a solution to the conflict. “The responsibility lies with the RFEF, they are the only ones responsible for ensuring that this reaches a final solution., which can only be sought through dialogue and understanding. That this could harm our athletes and team? I would be very sorry if Spain was not in the Olympic Games. But after seeing them win the World Cup, I fully trust having the women’s team in the Games,” she predicted.

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“The structure of Spanish sport is good; we are a reference country in the world. And when there is a problem in one federation, it should not be transferred to others. We have spoken calmly with the Secretary of State [Víctor Francos] how we see the situation, because we are united with the Government,” said the president of the COE.

Finally, he recalled his position regarding the former president of the RFEF, the resigned Luis Rubiales. “I explained the friendship I have with Rubiales, that that will never change. But that situation forced him to resign. Above the people are the institutions,” he appealed.