He closed his press conference on Friday by saying, “I’m talking about Luis Rubiales here and I’m going to end it here.” head Spanish Olympic Committee (COE)White Alexander. And before that epilogue, the Olympic leader spoke of the “inappropriate, unacceptable, impermissible and inadmissible” actions of “his friend, no one should suspect”, based on the strong opinion: “I said he should resign.”
It took at least 12 days to be pronounced Blanco’s “greatest fault or greatest virtue” argument, justified by the waiting period, is her failure to explain what she is doing. But he argues that he did it privately. And in this case, it has done this since Monday last week; When Rubiales got on the scales in Doha on her Sydney-Madrid flight, she called him for advice before recording a video of him arguing that the kissing without consent had taken place. Jennifer told Hermoso that “neither side had bad intentions.”
“A Consistent Gesture”
“I spoke to her on the phone a few times and told my friend that she had to do three things: really apologize, explain the favors done to women’s football, and then resign. It was a consistent gesture and the best way to show her regret,” Blanco explained. According to his own account, the last time he recommended dismissal was the Thursday before the RFEF meeting, when he told his collaborator team that he was actually going to resign. Blanco says she hasn’t spoken to her friend since then.
“When there is a problem, I try to solve it first, and this time I did, I tried to intervene personally. I’m not in a race to be the first to speak out or condemn it,” he reasoned. Silence during all these days of incessant storms argued that resignation was “best for him, Spanish football and Spanish sport”.
17 medals in World Cups
Same way, She said she regrets that the Rubiales case has distracted attention from the women’s World Cup success and 17 medals won at international championships. Spanish Olympic sport’s success this summer: “It saddens me that these events have clouded the great achievements of our athletes and athletes. An isolated event can’t take away its significance and give us a bad image that we don’t deserve” .
“These achievements lead me to passionately defend the structures of Spanish sport, including federations,” he continued, commending the presence of Spanish leaders in the international federations of different sports and the International Olympic Committee.
When Blanco defended Rubiales
Blanco has always been a big supporter of Rubiales in the institutional framework of Spanish sport. In fact, at the RFEF’s plenary meeting in 2022, weeks after the scandal erupted (among other and numerous issues) over the commissions Piqué commissioned to take the Super Bowl to Saudi Arabia, the COE’s chairman was the sole corporate official. Relevance offered at Las Rozas.
“You do a great job beyond the storms that can occur in all sports every year. To be clear, I say this: My support and respect for you and your entire team and I fully trust your management in Spanish football.. Nobody should have any doubts,” he said at a meeting more than a year ago when he was invited by the Blanco audience, three institutions that, as per protocol, clearly refrain from going with FIFA, UEFA and the Government. Las Rozas.