On Sunday August 20th, Queen Letizia of Spain and her daughter Infanta Sofia witnessed an important and historic moment for the Spanish people, and that is that the country’s women’s soccer team was victorious in the soccer world championship that took place in Sydney, Australia.
Although the talented athletes took home the champions’ trophy, there was occasional controversy on social media over a disgusting and inappropriate gesture witnessed by the royals at the World Cup final when they were in the company of the president of the federation Spanish, Luis Rubiales.
Shortly before the match came to an end beating the ‘Leonas‘ of England, Rubiales was already celebrating the victory of the Spanish team in the stadium box with Queen Letizia, her youngest daughter and FIFA president Gianni infantino.
The president of the federation celebrated with shouts and hands up the almost triumph of his team, and then he made a disgusting and inappropriate gesture of taking his hands to his private parts as a celebration. This has led him to receive harsh criticism from the population and netizens that he even had to apologize publicly.
“I have to be more careful. Winning a World Cup is not seen every day, and this was one of the happiest days for me and football, but I must admit that what happened was without any bad intentions in a very spontaneous way, I was wrong and I have to admit it“, Rubiales statement.
🚨 NO es solo el beso sin permiso a Jenni Hermoso.
Esta es la imagen de Luis Rubiales, presidente de la RFEF, tocándose sus genitales en el palco junto a la Reina, la Infanta y el presidente de la FIFA,
Esta imagen es dantesta para la Marca España. pic.twitter.com/G75xScsKR1
— Perendinador (@Perendinador) August 21, 2023
