Rubiales admits RFEF’s “bullshit” in the Women’s Super Cup and recalls his daughter’s serious accident: “It was nothing but death”

Luis Rubiales He stopped by Risto Mejida’s sofa in order to discuss the current events of the sports scene in the show travels with Chester. Among the many topics they discussed, the president of the Spanish Football Federation spoke about what happened during the final of the Spanish Women’s Super Cup, where the football players had to hang their medals. “In terms of image, it was disastrous, I won’t deny. When I saw the players taking the medals from the table, I turned to the person in charge of the protocol and told him who did it because it was fatal – Rubiales began his explanation. “I told him that this must not happen to us again because with the sensitivities that exist we reject all the work that can be done for an image that is disastrous. Boys have done it, but neither girls nor boys have to do it. This was not done well, it was a huge mistake», condemned the RFEF president.

The winners of the Supercup had to wear their medals themselves.

A failure of protocol or a certain disdain for women’s football?#TravelingWithChester #ChesterRubiales pic.twitter.com/99Yv6giccY

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Luis Enrique’s march

In an interview conducted on the pitch of the Escribano Castilla stadium in Motril, Risto Mejide and Luis Rubiales experienced a rather tense moment when the topic was the World Cup and the coach’s departure. “The thing with Luis Enrique was not the dismissal, but the non-renewal. He was not renewed because there was a clear report from the sports department that different things had to be offered, but being kind does not take courage. Luis Enrique made very brave decisions, he brought in very young guys.” began the explanation of the president of the Federation. “We came home from the World Championship sad, because at the end the expectations were different. The truth is that those of us who have devoted ourselves to the world of sports know that the line of success or failure is very thin. I talked to Luis Enrique, I offered to meet him, and he said that it was not necessary. We talk about football, about life – he continues.

“When a football match ends, especially when the result is negative, like the heavy blow of losing to Morocco, we were all a little sad. We talked normally, because that is also part of our job. From the sports department, Molina told me that he will talk to Luis Enrique. We had a triple conversation. I have a great relationship with him. If he ever needs anything from me, or I mean, if I ever need anything from him, we’ll be there. Really, because we experienced very beautiful things, but also very difficult ones,” said Rubiales.

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Should Spain have played in the World Cup? @ristomejide and Rubiales are in direct conflict on this issue.#TravelingWithChester #ChesterRubiales pic.twitter.com/fWZ3de0TGk

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The case of Negreira: “Things will fall into place”

About the scandal that Spanish football is experiencing after it came to light The case of Negreiro and after the prosecution decided to charge Barcelona with “continuous corruption”, Luis Rubiales was open saying that “it seems terrible to us that there is a person who is an active or retired judge who receives money from the club”, he claimed.

Rubiales also speculated on the possibility that it was not a coincidence that the news was released now. “The truth is yes Negreira’s case came to the public at a time when everyone was talking about how LaLiga is bad compared to the Premier, about losses, and someone might have wanted to take advantage of it. What I believe is that when news of a bomb comes out, it covers others who were in the spotlight. Of course, the RFEF president was confident that everything would be resolved. “I believe in the justice that exists in Spain. Things will fall into place,” he said.

The case of Negreira shook the foundations of Spanish football.
Luis Rubiales smiles at the coincidence of discovering the scandal with other information that was attracting attention at the time.#TravelingWithChester #ChesterRubiales pic.twitter.com/MQpiRlVYTI

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His relationship with Javier Tebas

The ongoing tussle between LaLiga president Javier Tebas and his RFEF counterpart Luis Rubiales was also on the table. «Javier Tebas manipulates, grassroots football survived thanks to the Federation. He is a magnificent manager and it turns out that LaLiga clubs lose hundreds of millions of euros every year and it is not his fault.

Rubiales also mentioned the time of his re-election. “I am calling you to talk and see what we can agree on, we will try to make Spanish football live a moment of peace. I take possession and two days later, before leaving, I get a disqualification from him. How do I stay with someone who asks to be excluded? You can’t talk to someone you don’t want to talk to. I will never sit with a person who lies to hurt me and try to force me out of where I am. These are constant attacks and I’m tired of defending myself and being a punching bag. I’ll also start judging questions that I think are very poorly done, we’ll see. They created a media show, which generates complaints and then filters out biased information, but anyone who knows me knows that I am honest and that my leadership of the Alliance is very orderly,” said Rubiales.

Thebes and Rubiales; You haven’t seen so much love in Spanish football since Jesús Gil and José Maria Caneda…#TravelingWithChester #ChesterRubiales pic.twitter.com/WWtuPN5uVR

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Paternity

In addition to current events, Luis Rubiales delved into his most personal side. “My ex-wife and I have been divorced for 11 years, but I think we’ve done well as a couple,” he said. The RFEF president is the father of three daughters, a problem that changed his life. “Fatherhood brings you to know love in a different way, but also fear. My three daughters are stronger than me. The eldest is studying art history, she is a very sensitive aunt and dedicated to herself and society, with the strength to study for hours and hours. She is a fantastic aunt. The median is the one I like the most; the most demanding and with bestial intelligence. The girl is my soccer player,” he explained.

But he delved into the most difficult personal moment in his life when he remembered the accident of one of his daughters. «It was a fall, a shock. They had to drill holes in his cerebellum and thank God they didn’t, but he didn’t manage to die right away. We spent two weeks in the hospital with our daughter. I remember standing up with my daughter and holding her hand and just moving her leg. The entire psychomotor part was affected. “Then the doctor came and told me ‘Luis, this is going to be fine. Your daughter will always have some edema, but everything will turn out very well’. It was great,” Rubiales recalled.