Jennifer Hermoso enjoyed watching her old team beat 1-0 in the Women’s Cup final – as the Luis Rubiales saga boils on a week after the World Cup.
Marta Cardona, one of her Spain team-mates started in the pre-season fixture.
Hermoso was in the stands as Leicy Santos grabbed a stoppage-time winner in Atletico’s 1-0 victory over their Italian opponents.
Hermoso deserved a break with the national team embroiled in a hugely controversial saga after Spanish FA president and his subsequent .
from all football-related activity for 90 days after after he also in front of Spain’s Queen Letizia and her teenage daughter, Infanta Sofia.
Jennifer Hermoso smiled in the stands as she watched her former team, Atletico Madrid, win 1-0 over AC Milan in the Women’s Cup final
She took a break from the furore surrounding the behaviour of Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales, who has been provisionally suspended by FIFA after the World Cup final
A total of by FUTPRO, the Spanish players’ union, refusing to play for the national team until Rubiales is axed, with Hermoso saying she was ‘ without any consent on my part’.
The Spanish FA as they accused Hermoso of ‘lies’ and tried to explain how the kiss had been consensual.
All 11 members of World Cup-winning manager in the wake of the scandal and his own unpopularity with the players, with Vilda seen as a stooge of Rubiales.
A host of figures from women’s and men’s football have voiced their disgust with Rubiales.
‘This is unacceptable.
It’s over. With you partner @jennihermoso’ while have ripped into the beleagured Spanish FA chief.
Showing solidarity with his female counterparts, Spain striker until Rubiales exits.
Hermoso deserved a break after days of the drawn-out saga, which has overshadowed the success of her and her team-mates
Atletico won 1-0 in the pre-season tournament thanks to a stoppage time winner from Leicy Santos
