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Spain’s former women’s national team head coach Jorge Vilda broke his silence on Tuesday night calling his sacking “unfair,” while addressing why he clapped at Luis Rubiales’ assembly, as fallout from the unwanted World Cup kiss continues. ....
The Spanish FA (RFEF) have sacked coach Jorge Vilda just weeks after he led Spain to the Women’s World Cup. While the saga momentarily appeared to have been pushed to one side with the team’s victory in Australia, it erupted with the RFEF president Luis Rubiales’ non-consensual kiss on midfielder Jenni Hermoso at the World Cup trophy ceremony. Rubiales refused to resign for the incident and threatened legal action against Hermoso, before receiving a round of applause from members at an emergency RFEF summit. ....
The Royal Spanish Football Federation has fired Jorge Vilda as head coach of its women’s national team, while interim president Pedro Rocha apologized to the football world for Rubiales’s behavior. ....