Sarina Wiegman dedicates Uefa Women’s Coach of the Year award to Spain players
Lioness boss Sarina Wiegman has won the Uefa Women’s Coach of the Year award. She dedicated it to World Cup winners Spain.
Spain’s World Cup victory – beating England 1-0 in the final, was overshadowed by the behaviour of Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales who kissed a player on the lips without consent. The behaviour of Rubiales and those around him since the incident has only added to the criticism.
Wiegman said the victorious Spain players “deserve to be listened to”.
Rubiales was suspended by world football’s governing body Fifa on Saturday but has repeatedly refused to resign.
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England coach Wiegman led the audience at the ceremony in a round of applause for Spain, stating they “deserve to be celebrated”.
“We all know the issues around the Spanish team,” she said.
“It really hurts me as a coach, a mother of two daughters, as a wife and human being. And it shows, the game has grown so much, but there is a long way to go in women’s football and society.
“I would like to dedicate this award to the Spanish team, the team that played such great football that everyone enjoyed.”