Spain’s World Cup Kissing Scandal Was a ‘Symptom of a Broken System,’ Netflix Documentary Director Says as Fallout Continues: ‘This Is Certainly Not a Finished Story’

variety.com:

Jamie Lang Netflix‘s documentary “It’s All Over: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football” hit the platform on Nov. 1 and has changed the conversation around women’s soccer in Spain in the weeks since.

In the film, key figures from the women’s Spanish national team are brought together for the first time to revisit the turbulent years leading up to the 2023 World Cup, including a leaked letter from 15 players condemning the Federation’s treatment of the squad, the incredible success they had at the tournament, the fallout forced upon them by the very public inappropriate actions of one man and the Federation’s inadequate response to the scandal.

While the players were receiving their winners’ medals after the World Cup final, Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) boss Luis Rubiales shocked everyone by grabbing Jenni Hermoso, one of the team’s standout players, and kissing her on the lips.

His inappropriate and possibly criminal actions – Rubiales will stand trial in February for the unsolicited kiss – were met with outrage in Spain and abroad and served to unearth a long history of corruption, abuse and mismanagement in the RFEF.