Luis de la Fuente apologizes for his applause for Rubiales’ speech: “It was a pressure situation and it surpassed me”

the speech of Luis Rubialesin which he announced by surprise that he was not going to resign after the controversy of the kiss without consent that he gave to the footballer Jenni Beautiful, generated numerous reactions. Many criticized that Louis of the Sourcecoach of the Spanish men’s team, applauded his words and justifications.

One week after that extraordinary Assembly of the Federation, De la Fuente spoke at a press conference and apologized for his attitude. In addition, he has assured that he applauded because it was a “pressure” situation.

“Given the social, media and political repercussions that my applause has had in last Friday’s assembly, I want to take advantage of this space, my space as a coach, as a national coach, to explain the situation experienced. I have received harsh criticism for it. Do you know what I think of them? That they are totally deserved, that I regret it, I understand it and I apologize for them,” he said.

He assures that he went to the Assembly thinking that Rubiales would resign: “Almost all the workers of the Federation had the idea that we would listen to the resignation of the president. We found something completely different. It was not easy to digest. I went blank, the situation overwhelmed me. (…) I applauded for the situation of pressure and discomfort. I had never experienced a situation with so much emotional stress”.

In addition, he has had a few words for Jenni Hermoso, with whom he affirms that he has not spoken during these days. “I am always on the side of equality and respect. I have to keep working to improve. We are better than 10 years ago, but we all have room for improvement. Me too. Grant me the right to be wrong and rectify like anyone else. And there is a something that we all know clearly: neither Jenni nor her companions are responsible for what happened there”.