Sarina Wiegman dedicates Uefa Women's Coach of the Year award to Spain

Sarina Wiegman guided England to the World Cup last wherever they mislaid to Spain

England's Sarina Wiegman has dedicated her Uefa Women's Coach of the Year grant to Spain, saying they "deserve to beryllium listened to".

"This squad merit to beryllium celebrated," Wiegman said astatine the ceremonial successful Monaco.

"I americium going to springiness them a large applause and I anticipation you volition articulation me."

Wiegman past placed her trophy connected the level and led the assemblage successful an ovation for the team.

Hermoso said the buss during the presumption ceremonial successful Sydney connected 20 August was not consensual.

Rubiales was suspended by satellite football's governing assemblage Fifa connected Saturday but has repeatedly refused to resign.

Speaking connected Thursday, Wiegman said: "We each cognize the issues astir the Spanish team.

"It truly hurts maine arsenic a coach, a parent of 2 daughters, arsenic a woman and quality being. And it shows, the crippled has grown truthful much, but determination is simply a agelong mode to spell successful women's shot and society.

"I would similar to dedicate this grant to the Spanish team, the squad that played specified large shot that everyone 1 enjoyed."

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Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati besides spoke astir the incidental arsenic she accepted her women's subordinate of the twelvemonth award.

"Thanks to Sarina for her words. These are not precise bully times conscionable present for Spanish football," the 25-year-old said.

"We person conscionable won the World Cup but that is not truly being spoken astir due to the fact that things person happened that I privation were not happening.

"As a society, we indispensable not let specified abuses of powerfulness successful a moving narration oregon specified a deficiency of respect."

The incidental has sparked a planetary speech astir consent and power, with widespread protests taking place crossed Spain successful enactment of Hermoso.

Spanish Football Federation determination leaders person called connected president Rubiales to instantly measurement down, portion Spanish prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into whether the incidental amounts to a transgression of intersexual assault.

Spain's Sports Tribunal (TAD) besides met connected Monday to sermon the Spanish government's petition to suspend Rubiales, with a determination yet to beryllium announced.

Football 'has a women's problem'

Meanwhile, Chelsea women's manager Emma Hayes says she is hopeful the concern volition beryllium to beryllium a "huge wake-up moment" successful Spain.

"This is not conscionable an isolated incident," said Hayes, speaking connected Woman's Hour connected BBC Radio 4.

"It is astir a systemic occupation implicit a fig of years wherever the women's nationalist squad person complained connected much than 1 juncture astir the level of attraction and equality of accidental and entree for each of them.

"I anticipation that it volition bring seismic and systemic alteration and you tin spot with the absorption crossed Spain it is surely successful enactment of Jenni Hermoso and the full Spanish team.

"This is simply a immense wake-up infinitesimal for Spanish nine and it goes beyond Spanish shot astir however women consciousness they are treated oregon mistreated.

"It [misogyny] happens present arsenic overmuch arsenic Spain. I person to woody with it connected a regular basis. Do I deliberation we are overmuch further up than Spain? Yes. But we inactive person truthful overmuch enactment to do.

"Of people it [football] has a 'women's problem'. We person to look astatine immoderate of the enactment done to situation the aforesaid issues astir racism due to the fact that immoderate radical are not alert of however inherently misogynist they are.

"We are making strides successful the close absorption but we privation to support progressing."