Spain's World Cup team backs Jenni Hermoso, plans to boycott future matches until Luis Rubiales resigns

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The Spanish women's national team is coming off an impressive FIFA Women's World Cup final victory. But their championship has been overshadowed by what happened after the game.

Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales kissed Spain's Jenni Hermoso during the postgame medal ceremony. The act sparked outrage, but Rubiales has refused to step down from his leadership position, saying the calls for his ouster were merely a campaign of "social assassination" by what he characterized as "false feminists."

On Friday, the 23 women who make up the Spanish national team's roster announced that they would not return to play for the team as long as Rubiales remained in power.

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Members of the Spanish women's national team celebrate their championship game victory over England at the Womens World Cup at Stadium Australia on Aug. 20, 2023, in Sydney. (Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Hermoso released a joint statement via her players union FUTPRO on Friday refuting Rubiales' claim that the kiss was consensual.

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"I want to clarify, as you can see in the images, that at no time did I consent to the kiss that he gave me," Hermoso said. "I won't tolerate that my word is called into question, and even less so that words are invented which I didn't say."

Hermoso and her teammates called for "real change to help the national team to keep growing, to be able to bring this great success to the generations to come" and said they would not play for Spain while "the current management"