2023-08-22 11:12:53
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge doesn’t think the Rubiales kiss is bad and receives criticism for it.
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Karl-Heinz Rummenigge does not want to overestimate the kiss scandal surrounding the Spanish association president Luis Rubiales following the World Cup final between Spain and England’s footballers.
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Spain’s head of association Luis Rubiales kissed soccer star Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth immediately following the Spanish World Cup triumph and had to take harsh criticism as a result. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge defended the Spaniard on Monday evening and found the action “absolutely okay”. But the 67-year-old is now also receiving criticism on the net. BVB boss Watzke, DFB President Neuendorf and the former managing director of the German Football League, Donata Hopfen, have a different opinion.
“I think you shouldn’t overdo it,” said the FC Bayern supervisory board member on the sidelines of the “Sport Bild” awards on Monday evening in Hamburg. He knows Rubiales well, who kissed star player Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth without being asked when the medal was handed over on Sunday, says Rummenigge: “When you become world champion, you are emotional. And what he did there is – sorry, with all due respect – absolutely okay.”
The 67-year-old explained that Rubiales was probably emotional. “I can remember: When we won the Champions League last time, I kissed men – not on the mouth, but out of joy.” Emotionality is important in football, one should “leave the church in the village,” said Rummenigge.
The German has already received initial criticism for his statements on social media. And the opinion of the DFB is different.
I’m not at all surprised that Karl-Heinz Rummenigge thinks such shit, I’m always amazed that he says it out loud. pic.twitter.com/COXWq5W58K
— Wayne Schlegel (@WayneSchlegel_) August 21, 2023
Hop sees “very difficult behavior” when kissing
Donata Hopfen, the former managing director of the German Football League, has a completely different opinion on this than Rummenigge. “If that’s not what both sides want, then it’s very difficult behavior. And from my point of view that’s not possible, it has also been commented on accordingly, “said Hopfen: “It can be invasive and that’s how it actually works.”
BVB boss Hans-Joachim Watzke and DFB president Bernd Neuendorf, who also know Rubiales personally, reacted more cautiously. “I imagined you would be in a similar situation: I don’t think I would have acted like that,” Neuendorf told the German Press Agency. Watzke said: “I’m always careful to judge something from a distance. I don’t know what happened before, whether they spoke to each other or whether it was an overflowing feeling of joy. I don’t know, you have to be there for that, and I wasn’t, so I’m shutting up.”
The 45-year-old Rubiales congratulated Hermoso, who was twelve years younger, hugged her tightly, kissed her twice on the cheek before taking her head in both hands and kissing her on the mouth. He has since apologized for it.
Before Rummenigge and Neuendorf, other officials had already commented on the case. “This is unacceptable. It’s incredible, »said Dutch women’s national coach Andries Jonker.
Rubiales himself rowed back on Monday. “There is one thing I regret and that is what happened between me and a player that I have a great relationship with. I probably made a mistake there,” the 45-year-old admitted in a video released by the Spanish Football Association RFEF.
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