New footage disproves Spanish FA president's World Cup kiss claims

https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/29/new-footage-disproves-luis-rubiales-claims-over-world-cup-kiss-19413100/

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homoludens@feddit.de · 73 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Well, who would have thought that there would be cameras present?

Sharpiemarker@feddit.de · 29 pts · 2y

At the world cup? Preposterous!

PeleSpirit@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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JoBo@feddit.uk · 18 pts · 2y

That's amazing, thanks. It's been hard to track down the details due to the language barrier. Very much appreciated.

topinambour_rex@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Rubiales has certainly a lot to say about the rfef leaders, otherwise they wouldn't stand behind him like they do.

JoBo@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 2y

Vilda (the team manager) is despised by the players, who have been trying to get him ousted. Rubiales is responsible for his still being in post. I would guess most of them are extremely reliant on his patronage. He wasn't even that good a footballer in his day. It's just a boys club where he uses RFEF money to throw orgies and they like beng protected from any fallout from their ridiculous machismo, I guess.

But the RFEF are starting to turn on him, at regional level at least: Luis Rubiales: Regional Spanish FA bosses call on president to resign over kiss.

Awful for Hermoso but ultimately good for Spanish football, I think. It's gone beyond ridiculous and the inevitable fall will be glorious.

athos77@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y

Maybe they have similar, entitled, macho opinions.

sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (3 replies)

That website's cookies settings are awful - anyone got a link to the video itself?

JoBo@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It's a Twitter link in the article. Hence not linking to it direct.

archive version

DrGonzo@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y

This just puts me into a captcha loop ... Am I a robot?

sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Ah ok, thanks.

instamat@lemmy.world · -16 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I still can’t bring myself to care about this

JoBo@feddit.uk · 14 pts · 2y

And yet you can bring yourself to post. Funny old world.

OKRainbowKid@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Please keep us updated about all the topics you do not care about!

instamat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Thank you! I will check in regularly.