That’s according to a study published Wednesday by the New York Times, with interviews with more than ten women who work in Spanish footballcomplaint “more than a decade of sexism”, of “paternalism” and “verbal abuse” direction at all levels football players and members of the system.

Beatriz Álvarez, president of the Spanish Women’s League; Vero Boquete, ex-captain of the national team; and Ana Muñoz, former Vice President of Integrity of, among others, the Royal Spanish Football Federation, They lamented humiliating treatment by federal president Luis Rubiales and former coaches Jorge Vilda and Ignacio Quereda.

The New York Times investigation was conducted in response to the scandal sparked by the non-consensual kiss Rubiales gave soccer player Jennifer Hermoso during the medal ceremony of the Women’s World Cup, which was won by Spain for the first time.

Álvarez called Rubiales a “self-centered chauvinist,” who never showed interest in the women’s football league and directed his sport based on ‘contempt and humiliation’.

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The president also assured the RFEF that a “corrupt structure” and that Rubiales “tried to sabotage the opening of the 2022-2023 women’s football season” by helping to organize an arbitration strike that forced the postponement of the dispute on the first day, the New York Times points out.

Vero Boquete said that between 2015 and 2017, then coach Jorge Vilda showed very controlling behavior towards the footballers. According to the Fiorentina Italian footballer, Vilda wanted the players to be “where he could see them” when they met for coffee and also decided where to sit during meals.

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In addition, it required the players “They left their doors open at night so he could make sure everyone was in bed.” “If you go to other rooms, you might start talking about him,” Boquete said.

Ana Muñoz, who left her position as RFEF’s vice president of integrity in 2019, assured the New York Times that while working it felt like a “decorative” item. He emphasized that fifteen of the eighteen members of the board of directors were men and that, despite being in charge of the integrity department, one of them could not be suspended because he was under investigation for using federal funds to remodel his home.

“I couldn’t understand how an integrity department couldn’t deal with integrity issues,” Muñoz acknowledged.

The New York newspaper also reports that has seen documents showing that Rubiales was against professional women’s football from the start and that he opposed the creation of the league in 2020.

With Jenni Hermoso’s complaint about Luis Rubiales, the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office rearms the case against the suspended director of the Royal Spanish Football Federation

Rubiales has been temporarily suspended as president by FIFAwhile researching his behavior during the World Cup final, which also included grabbing his genitals in celebration of the Spanish side’s victory.

Jenni Hermoso on Tuesday formalized her complaint against Rubiales over the kiss on the mouth he gave her during the World Cup medal ceremony in Sydney, a move that will lead to the filing of a complaint by the Public Prosecution Service.

A little over a week after the prosecutor gave her the chance to take legal action against Rubiales as the victim of an alleged assault crime, the Spanish team player has has decided to charge him with the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court.

Prosecutor sources have reported that it was yesterday, Tuesday, when Hermoso formalized an explicit complaint against him in the context of an appearance that took place at the headquarters of the prosecution in Madrid, to “protect” his “privacy”. (JO)