A video used in the defense of former RFEF President Luis Rubiales has been leaked into the public domain, doing little to improve his image.
Luis Rubiales is currently charged with sexual assault and coercion for kissing Jenni Hermoso without her consent and then pressuring her to bury the affair. If convicted, he could be sentenced to more than five years in prison.
Ahead of Spain’s World Cup semi-final in August with Sweden, which they won 2-1, Rubiales is seen giving a “motivational” speech to the team. During this talk, he asks the players who has the most soul, combativeness, ovaries, intelligence and which is the best national team between “us or them”, in reference to Spain and Sweden.
A video has emerged of Luis Rubiales speaking to the Spain team ahead of their World Cup semi-final.
It is being used to prove Rubiales had a close relationship with the players.
“Who has more ovaries?”pic.twitter.com/rH0Rb649mY
— Football España (@footballespana_) November 15, 2023
Players respond with little enthusiasm and, according to Sporthe thanks them, tells the Spanish team that they will succeed and asks them to do it for “Jorge and the staff”, in reference to the coach at the time, Jorge Vilda, who was subsequently fired .
The video is used in court by Rubiales to prove that he had a close relationship with the Spanish players and that he commonly used the phrases “Ole tus huevos” (Ole, your balls) with both men and women, although in In this case, it replaces the eggs with ovaries.
