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‘I deserve it’ - Jenni Hermoso dedicates Spain’s Nations League triumph to herself amid Luis Rubiales kissing scandal as she opens up on ‘long process’ since World Cup controversy

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The 33-year-old forward found herself at the centre of a sporting storm following <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/jenni-hermoso-insists-luis-rubiales-kiss-not-consensual-testifies-two-hours-criminal-complaint/blt52a2759865d840a6" target="_blank">a non-consensual clinch with former Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales</a> during the medal ceremony which accompanied the capturing of a global crown in Australia.

WHAT HAPPENED?

With a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/luis-rubiales-spain-judge-proposes-trial-disgraced-former-rfef-president-jenni-hermoso-kiss-not-consensual/blt09a4cc8c0856fab4" target="_blank">legal and social battle</a> now over, Hermoso – who currently plies her club trade in Mexico for Tigres – is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/jenni-hermoso-football-life-spain-press-conference-luis-rubiales-world-cup-kiss-controversy/blte6bf17bea2f7791f" target="_blank">free to focus on her football once more</a>. She has another major honour for the collection, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/spain-world-cup-aitana-bonmati-mariona-caldentey-nations-league-france/blt36923efb8cd81ee1" target="_blank">Spain seeing off France 2-0 in the final of the inaugural UEFA Women’s Nations League</a>.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Hermoso told <a href="https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/02/28/jenni-hermoso-en-el-larguero-esta-victoria-me-la-voy-a-dedicar-si-o-si-porque-me-la-merezco-cadena-ser/ " target="_blank">El Larguero</a> after that contest when asked who she would like to dedicate the title to: “I'm going to be very honest. It has been difficult for me to stay strong all this time and I continue to improve myself. Of course I remember my mother, my brother... but I have fought a lot and I am going to dedicate this victory to myself no matter what. Because I think I deserve it.”

WHAT HERMOSO SAID

Hermoso added on the long-running Rubiales saga that she hopes will deliver positive change in Spanish football: “It has been a long process but the most important thing is that the player knows that she comes only to enjoy football.”

DID YOU KNOW?

After claiming global and continental honours, Spain – with Hermoso potentially forming part of their plans – are now preparing for the start of Euro 2025 qualification and a bid for <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/jenni-hermoso-aitana-bonmati-fire-spain-first-ever-olympics-netherlands-montse-tome-taking-job-nobody-wanted/bltcae78ae6b76a0a02" target="_blank">gold medal glory at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris</a>.

WHAT NEXT FOR HERMOSO & SPAIN?

‘I deserve it’ - Jenni Hermoso dedicates Spain’s Nations League triumph to herself amid Luis Rubiales kissing scandal as she opens up on ‘long process’ since World Cup controversy | Goal.com

Jenni Hermoso has dedicated Spain’s Nations League triumph to herself after enduring a testing few months in the wake of a World Cup kissing scandal.