"Louis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Association, will submit his resignation to the association."
The wave of forced kisses by the president of the Spanish Football Association, which came from the World Cup victory ceremony, is growing. Eventually, he is expected to step down.
AFP and ESPN reported on the 25th that "Louis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Association, will submit his resignation to the association."
The controversial scene came after Spain won the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, on the 20th.
On the podium, he congratulated the players who were happy to win the gold medal and held Jennifer Hermoso's face with both hands and kissed him.
Since then, Hermoso has said, "I was not in a good mood," and criticism has been poured out that Chairman Rubiales' actions are physical contact equivalent to sexual violence.
As the controversy grew, Chairman Rubiales said, "My actions are completely wrong. "I admit my mistake," he said, but the criticism did not subside.
Even Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez came forward and said, "Apology is not enough. Spanish football has been humiliated," he said in an official statement. Spain's Women's Soccer League also insisted that he step down, saying, "President Rubiales has blocked the World Cup title."
Since then, FIFA has been considering disciplinary action on the 24th, and in the end, Chairman Rubiales seems to have chosen to step down on his own.
However, AFP reported, "The Spanish Football Association did not answer the question of whether President Rubiales would resign."