RECONSTRUCTION. How one stolen kiss abruptly turned Spain’s World Cup revelry into a horror soap opera: Federation president now calls himself “victim”

Spain’s most hated man – football federation president Luis Rubiales (46) – refuses to resign and now calls himself a “victim of character assassination.” After the Spanish women’s team became world champion, Rubiales kissed player Jenni Hermoso (33) unexpectedly and especially unintentionally full on the mouth. With that stolen kiss, the federation chairman turned the festivities in Spain into an atmosphere of scandal that cannot be stopped.

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