Jenni Hermoso has been called up by Spain for the first time since she was kissed on the lips by Luis Rubiales after the World Cup final.
Hermoso was included in Montse Tomé’s squad for the Nations League games against Italy and Switzerland this month. She had been omitted from the first squad after the World Cup amid the controversy ignited by Rubiales’s kiss.
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Tomé said then that Hermoso had not been included because it was “the best way to protect” the player, who responded by saying: “Protect me from what? And from whom?”
Hermoso said she did not consent to the kiss by Rubiales, who was then…
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