2023-11-07 00:39:30
The player of the Spanish team and the Mexican Pachuca, Jenni Hermoso, assured that she has “received threats” after the “piquito” that the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, gave her during the delivery of medals after winning the World Soccer title. “I have had to assume the consequences of an act that I did not provoke, that I had not chosen, nor premeditated. I have received threats, and that is something you never get used to,” said the international soccer player in an interview with the GQ magazine, in which he highlighted that the national team’s players “have experienced firsthand the fight for equality.”
In his first statements after what happened after the World Cup final in Sydney on August 20, Hermoso maintained that the internationals “never” asked to be paid the same as the players of the senior men’s team and that what they wanted was “the most basic thing, to have a minimum wage”, that they would be “respected” and that they would be “given the opportunity to do something very great”. “As soon as we had the opportunity, we won a world championship. They have called us capricious. It has always been said that we wanted to earn the same as the boys and it was not true. It makes me very angry that they say that women’s football does not generate as much as the masculine,” he added.
The player from Madrid thanked the signs of support that she and the rest of the internationals have received from other soccer players and people from other sectors such as the cultural sector and admitted that she would have liked to have also received that from the players. “I don’t know if their support would have made everything easier, but it certainly would have helped us a lot,” she said.
“I want to be remembered as a person who wanted to leave Spain at the top, but, above all, as someone who has tried to change many mentalities. Fortunately or unfortunately, there is this story, but I am going to learn to take advantage of it positively to fight for what I believe is good for society. The #SeAcabó movement must bring a new era,” he insisted.
Hermoso reported that “these weeks have been very difficult” and revealed that he continues to work with the psychologist he has been working with for years, because “mental health is as important as daily training” and telling what happened “over and over again.” “I was doing a lot of damage.”
“I have always liked being with the national team, representing my country, but there was something that never let me fully enjoy it and if this had not happened, everything would have remained the same. I will never do anything just to earn more money. Being able to fight For this reason, more dignified conditions for soccer players is another source of pride and that is where I really want to be noticed. If I have to put my face forward to achieve change, go ahead,” he added.
The National Court is investigating Luis Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion for the kiss he gave to Jenni Hermoso during the World Cup medal ceremony and the coercion to which she was allegedly subjected to say that it was consensual. Rubiales resigned from his position as president of the RFEF after the start of the judicial investigation and the temporary suspension imposed on him by FIFA, which finally suspended him for three years for failing to comply with its Disciplinary Code.
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