Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, was attacked on Thursday in Madrid by a man who threw eggs at him during his book presentation. Rubiales was killedIt reviews the events that precipitated his departure from the presidency of the Royal Football Association because he kissed player Jennifer Hermoso without her consent. “Sinvergüenza,” a man shouted, and a man threw two eggs that Rubiales managed to dodge. The attacker was subdued and expelled from the room, where the act continued without any further incident.
Rubiales, who attacked the attacker and was stopped by those present, later explained why he tried to defend himself. He added: “Fortunately, they stopped me. I don’t know if I had a weapon or something like that. I saw a pregnant woman with two small children. I thought about the children. If I catch him, we will now be in a different situation. I was very afraid. They are my friends. We all grew up together and I was very afraid. I don’t care if they throw eggs at me.”
In the aforementioned book, Rubiales explains his version of the events for which he was severely convicted by the National Court and how his resignation came about. He defends that his “policies in support of women’s football” have brought him to the top of global sports, and points out that the government, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Spanish League President Javier Tebas and “the world” I woke up“Influenced his expulsion. He denounces “the biggest conspiracy that Spanish football has ever known” with “concocted” lies in order to brand him “in society as corrupt.”
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