"It's a complicated issue that has shown the place of women's sport. Robbie was wrong, no doubt, but I'm sure - without speaking to him - that he regrets what he did," Gerard Piqué said when asked about the punishment he received from former Spanish Football Association president Luis Rubiales following the banned kissing affair.
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Reminder: At the end of the last Women's World Cup final, which Spain won, Rubiales "glued" actress Jennifer Hermoso a fierce kiss on the lips, against her will. He was sued and eventually banned from his position and from all other positions in European football for a period of three years. The hot topic hasn't been off the agenda for months, and as mentioned, the Barcelona star chose to respond to the issue in his own way.
The feeling was that Piquet, despite sounding firm and supportive of women's sports, expressed some empathy for Rubiales, felt sorry for him. Many netizens even thought he was protecting Rubiales, and reacted harshly. "Dogs of the same breed do not - Piquet and Rubiales - do not bark at each other," wrote one.
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"Piquet is the kind of person who doesn't get tired of talking nonsense every day," another user attacked, referring to Pique's claim that Real Madrid's recent Champions League win was accidental: "The result of five minutes of luck against Manchester City."
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