Jennifer Hermoso, Spain’s FIFA Women’s World Cup-winning footballer and the player in the middle of the controversy that engulfed Spanish football after she was kissed on the lips by an official, has accused the federation of trying to intimidate the members of the winning team by picking them for the national team even though they asked not to be called up.
Hermoso, who said she did not consent to the kiss by former football federation president Luis Rubiales during the World Cup awards ceremony last month, said on Tuesday that the federation’s decision to call up nearly half of the 39 players who said they would not play for the national team as a protest was “irrefutable proof” that “nothing has changed”.
