{"id":13848,"date":"2025-11-14T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/former-spanish-soccer-coach-rubiales-receives-encouragement-from-uncle-during-book-presentation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:21:35","slug":"former-spanish-soccer-coach-rubiales-receives-encouragement-from-uncle-during-book-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/former-spanish-soccer-coach-rubiales-receives-encouragement-from-uncle-during-book-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Spanish soccer coach Rubiales receives encouragement from uncle during book presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MADRID (AP) \u2014 The former president of Spain&#8217;s soccer federation was presenting his memoirs about the downfall of Luis Rubiales late Thursday when he was hit by an egg thrown by his uncle. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Kissing players at the 2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales was sitting in a chair on a low stage and quickly spun around to avoid at least two eggs being fired at him. One of them splashed onto the screen behind him as he charged towards the small audience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The man who came in, I later found out, was my uncle. He was a troubled man, and always has been,&#8221; Rubiales told reporters. &#8220;He had some eggs and he threw them at me, but I didn&#8217;t know what he had in his hands. When I first saw him, I thought he had a weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His book &#8220;Matar a Rubiales&#8221; (Killing Rubiales) is a 500-page version of his professional demise. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Kissing Spain&#8217;s forward Jenni Hermoso<\/span> meanwhile <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup<\/span> Award ceremony. <\/p>\n<p>The publisher said Ms. Rubiales was a victim of &#8220;the machinations of various powers in Spanish national life,&#8221; including the government and &#8220;the profitable world of feminism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales has always denied kissing Hermoso without her consent. Although he initially clung to power amid a national uproar, he resigned under immense pressure from the government, soccer officials, women&#8217;s players and fans. <\/p>\n<p>He was discovered earlier this year <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">guilty of sexual assault<\/span> For the unsolicited kiss by the Spanish court.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/luis-rubiales-eggs-book-spain-9cdea03d1fbbf762bc4c2688fff2b6f8\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADRID (AP) \u2014 The former president of Spain&#8217;s soccer federation was presenting his memoirs about the downfall of Luis Rubiales late Thursday when he was hit by an egg thrown by his uncle. Kissing players at the 2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup. 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