Jenni Hermoso Scores Winner Against Italy After The ‘Famous’ Kiss..

Spain’s Jenni Hermoso scored a late winning goal on Friday October 27 in a radiant return to the national team following the undesirable kiss discussion that eclipsed La Roja’s World Cup win in August.

Hermoso struck a left-footed drive in the 89th minute to give the title holders a 1-0 triumph subsequent to coming on as a second half substitute in the UEFA Women’s Nation League match against Italy in Salerno.

“When Italy sat deep, we needed someone like Jenni to step up with her shooting boots,” Spain’s head coach Montse Tomé said after the game. “That Jenni scored the goal makes us all very happy. We’ve seen her smile and she’s everyone’s smile.”

Hermoso, 33, who plays for Mexican club Pachuca Femenil, was not part of the Spain team for their previous two games against Sweden and Switzerland in September 2023. But Coach Tomé had explained her absence by saying she wanted to protect the star.

Hermoso got a flood of worldwide support after Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed her during the decoration ceremony following Spain’s Women’s World Cup final triumph over England in Sydney two months ago.

Luis Rubiales Is Out Of All Football-Related Activities

Rubiales’ undesirable kiss on Jennifer Hermoso ‘destroyed’ the joy in Spain’s Women’s World Cup achievement, says FIFA Secretary General. The aftermath over Rubiales’ conduct set off an emergency in Spanish soccer and sparked judgment in Spain and across the world.

Following weeks of fierce criticism, Rubiales, 46, resigned last month as the country’s soccer president. He is now under investigation for “the crimes of sexual assault and coercion,” in a case being brought by Spanish prosecutors.

Rubiales’ actions partly “ruined” the tournament and “destroyed” Spain’s joyous celebrations, a senior official at soccer’s governing body FIFA said.

“I didn’t take one second to realize that, oh, that was very inappropriate,” FIFA’s outgoing Secretary General Fatma Samoura said at the recent Best of Africa Awards in London.

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