Jenni Hermoso: “I want to tell everyone it’s over,” powerful message from player for Rubiales case during 2023 investiture ceremony in Pachuca, Mexico

Soccer player Jenni Hermoso steps forward and delivers her first official words with a powerful message from the investiture ceremony of 18 new members of the Soccer Hall of Fame in Pachuca.

“I want to tell everyone that it’s over”, was one of the most powerful sentences of his speech in the Gota de Plata hall in Pachuca, on the night of Tuesday, October 10, just one day after the Spanish program “Telecinco’s Code 10”, Hermos’ statement to the Spanish prosecutor’s office was leaked for the case of Luis Rubiales.

Pachuca Femenil’s Liga MX Femenil midfielder from Mexico spoke with powerful words recalling the Spanish team’s victory in Sydney, Australia and how football gave them a place in history.

“On the night of August 20, 2023, when I raised that cup with my teammates, I could feel my father’s hand when he took me to practice, my mother’s smile watching me play and the joy of my whole family who share the dream of “a little soccer player who wanted to be world champion,” she began, saying as she read the lines she had written on the paper.

She repeated that at the age of 33, she had played soccer all her life, but that “a few weeks ago, on that field in that final, I became a girl again.”

“Even though some time has passed, I still wonder what we actually did that night. We won the title, toured the world and became one of the best teams in history; But deep down we have achieved something much more human, more transcendental”, mentioned Jenni Hermoso.

For an athlete, this victory goes beyond lifting a trophy, “receiving a compensation bonus or appearing on thousands of covers that get wrinkled over time.” She and her companions became “world champions because it was the only way to be heard, respected and appreciated”.

The feat the Spaniards achieved in Australia “changed the way many people see women’s football”, Hermoso pointed out, despite the episode in which Luis Rubiales, then president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), kissed him without consent. amid the euphoria of triumph.

“A lot has happened since then. “Perhaps we sacrificed some joy, some celebration and, not deserving it, suffered more than is necessary at this historic moment for us,” she said.

“We win on and off the field to ensure an inclusive sport and a society that protects us all. And I want to tell everyone that it’s over. I’m Jenni Hermoso, I’m a soccer player and I’m the girl who managed to become a world champion“, concluded the player as a sign that it is time to leave behind what tarnished her victory, Rubiales’ kiss.

With her message, she tries to put an end to the controversies that have surrounded her since then and while the investigation continues in the case in which she has already testified.

On the occasion of the leak of her statement to the Spanish judicial system, the agency representing Jenni Hermoso, identified as TMJ, issued a statement announcing that they would take legal action following the player’s video, reports Ok Diario.

“Limits were exceeded, (…) Jenna’s basic rights were violated and she was again exposed to public opinion without any consent, violating her rights to data protection,” the document she had access to said. Europa Press and that the Spanish media responded. (AND)