Gareth Southgate has responded to Luis Rubiales’ Women’s World Cup final kiss, saying it is “very sad” that the focus is not on what Spain achieved on the pitch.
The England manager was questioned on the scandal surrounding the Spanish football federation’s president as he announced his squad on Thursday.
“When you’re a male in a leadership position, you’ve got a huge responsibility in terms of how you behave,” Southgate said.
“My second thought would be with the Spanish team because they played unbelievably well and deserve a huge amount of credit... it’s very sad for them that the focus is not on what they did on the pitch.”
The England manager was questioned on the scandal surrounding the Spanish football federation’s president as he announced his squad on Thursday.
“When you’re a male in a leadership position, you’ve got a huge responsibility in terms of how you behave,” Southgate said.
“My second thought would be with the Spanish team because they played unbelievably well and deserve a huge amount of credit... it’s very sad for them that the focus is not on what they did on the pitch.”
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00:00 I would say that when you're a male in a leadership position, you've got a huge responsibility
00:07 in terms of how you behave and, well any leader, but in this instance a male interacting with
00:13 females.
00:14 So, you know, that is my first thought.
00:19 And my second thought would be with the Spanish team because they played unbelievably well
00:25 and deserve huge amount of credit, as do our girls who had a brilliant tournament.
00:31 And it's very sad for them that the focus is not on what they did on the pitch.