Spain women’s football manager Jorge Vilda has spoken out for the first time on the controversy surrounding the forced kiss of Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales on striker Jenni Hermoso after the final of the World.

“I regret that the victory of women’s football was tarnished by the inappropriate behavior that our most senior manager up to then, Luis Rubiales, showed and himself admitted,” the coach said in a statement given to the agency. EFE and picked up by several Spanish media.