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The Spanish footballer of the Utah Royals American Vero Boquete considered "a serious mistake" the designation by the Royal Spanish Football Federation of Saudi Arabia as the headquarters of the Spanish Super Cup. "The message is that everything goes and, personally, I think not everything goes. We are talking about a country where women practically a year ago could not drive, where they have very limited access to the stadiums, where they are always controlled by a man" said the Galician footballer.
"We are talking about a strictly restrictive country with women and with many other rights. It is one of the countries where there is no freedom. If in football we often talk about values, we have to be consistent with it," he added.
In the framework of the I Sports and Communication Congress, held Tuesday at the Faculty of Information Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid, Vero Boquete said that she sees "Saudi Arabia as an aggressor and a punisher, which violates human rights ".
"In return, we have sports competitions there. But not only to Saudi Arabia but to countries with the same line. We must find a way to punish the oppressor, who does things wrong. Unfortunately, we are doing the opposite", lament.
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