Pau Gasol He was very critical of all the actions of the current president of the Spanish Football Federation. Luis Rubiales both during the celebration of the world championship won by the women’s soccer team and in the days that followed. “I felt anger,” she admitted. gasoline He described what happened in Manila on Friday as “sad”.
The former basketball player traveled to the capital of the Philippines to participate in the final stage of the season. basketball world cupwith Argentina as a global ambassador louis scola and American Carmelo Anthony. Her first official act was to support the official presentation of the Women’s World Cup to be held in Berlin (Germany) in 2026, together with the American basketball legend. Sue Bird.
“How can you prevent these events from continuing in women’s sports?” Four-time world champion, five-Olympic gold medalist Bird was asked to assess what happened between Rubiales and Hermoso in Sydney. “This can only be stopped by telling the truth. What happened to Jenny is a very sad situation. We’ve seen her eyes. I support you. We’ve all seen what happened and we believe it was all in the beginning to stop this,” he said. bird, The emotional friend of the American football player Megan Rapinoe.
Pau Gasol agreed and went further. “Everything that happened was unfortunate,” said the Spanish basketball legend. “It was a beautiful and historic moment that our team became world champions and suddenly all the headlines turned to the actions of the Federation president. I felt anger at that moment. This affected me very negatively,” he said.
The former player of the Spanish team, who was one of the first to regret what happened through social networks, admits that he is waiting to see how the situation will be resolved. “Obviously I was hoping that some action could be taken and that he (Rubiales) would accept his responsibility, admitting, ‘I was wrong, I’m sorry,’ because ultimately he was in a position of responsibility, leadership and representation of the country,” he said. pau.
“It’s time to support Jenny, football, women’s sports, the female figure of that time, and you hope that the bodies responsible here make the decisions they need to make in this situation. It’s not just about sports. It goes beyond sports because it’s a human values and values of society, values of the country. “The pride at that time is a matter of image that should be glorified. The picture of shame. Let’s hope that measures are taken and from there we can make it useful in a moment of progress, progress, progress and development,” he concluded.