The presentation of Luis Rubiales’ new book, Matar a Rubiales, ended this Thursday with an unexpected episode. The former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation was interrupted in the middle of the event by a man who, amid shouts of “scoundrel”, threw several eggs in his direction.
The incident, which took place in Madrid, forced a brief interruption of the event before the attacker was taken out of the room and restrained by event staff.
Rubiales’ version of the incident
After resuming the presentation, Rubiales explained that his instinctive reaction to pounce on the man was out of fear that he might be carrying a dangerous object. He said that what really worried him was not the attack on him, but the possibility that vulnerable people were at risk.
“I saw a pregnant woman and two small children very close by,” he commented. “I didn’t know if that man was carrying anything other than eggs, and it scared the hell out of me.” Rubiales insisted that the launch itself does not matter to him, but the safety of those who attended the event does. “If he had reached him, we would be talking about a different situation now,” he admitted.
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What is Luis Rubiales’ new book about?
Matar a Rubiales, the book he presented this Thursday, collects his version of the events that led to his departure from the Federation, after kissing without consent to the footballer Jennifer Hermoso during the final of the World Cup. In the book he also addresses the final sentence of the Audiencia Nacional and his subsequent resignation.
Rubiales argues that the policies in favor of women’s soccer “earned him international prestige before his fall and accuses various figures and organizations of having acted to force his expulsion”. Among those singled out he mentions the government, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, LaLiga president Javier Tebas, and what he calls “the woke world”.
He claims that all of them participated in what he describes as “the biggest conspiracy that Spanish soccer has ever seen”, based, according to him, on “fabricated accusations” aimed at presenting him to the public as corrupt.
