Ahead of the Spanish national soccer team’s first match since winning the Women’s World Cup last month and the fallout from ex-soccer boss Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on La Roja player Jennifer Hermoso, star players Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes spoke out on “systemic discrimination” within the country’s federation.

“We have been demanding to be listened to for a long a time because we were detecting, or already knew, that over many decades, too many, there was systematic discrimination against the women’s team,” two-time Ballon d’Or Féminin winner Putellas told reporters on Thursday, according to Reuters. Read More