While women still struggle for equality in Spanish soccer, the reaction, in Spain and beyond, to the globally televised kiss has been widespread condemnation.
MADRID When Patricia Otero watched the president of Spain s soccer federation tarnish the greatest victory in the history of women s sports in Spain by forcibly kissing a player on the lips during the Women s World Cup medal ceremony, she was saddened but not surprised.
Spain has spoken loudly through its government, political parties, soccer clubs, players and ordinary citizens to condemn the kiss of a player by the head of its soccer federation that sullied its Women’s World Cup victory