Spain’s World Cup glory sabotaged by abuse of power
The grimmest aspect of the “kissing” incident was how, at the end of a wonderful tournament, the achievements of women were hijacked by an attention-seeking man.
It was quite the catalogue of crassness with which Luis Rubiales marked his country’s World Cup celebrations.
Not content with theatrically grabbing his crotch alongside Queen Letizia and her 16-year-old daughter or kissing Spain’s Jennifer Hermoso on the lips, the head of the national federation leant in for another kiss with match-winner Olga Carmona while declaring later in the dressing room he would marry Hermoso in Ibiza.
