Alexia Putellas was one of the 81 players who refused to play for the Spanish national team after Luis Rubiales, then the president of the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF), kissed Spanish player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal ceremony. Hermoso later said she had not consented to the kiss. Putellas used the slogan #SeAcabó (Spanish: “That’s enough”) in a social media post in support of Hermoso. The hashtag became synonymous with the movement for social justice and gender equality in Spanish women’s football. She later spearheaded the players’ subsequent negotiations with the RFEF to resolve the players’ boycott and was one of three players (along with teammates Irene Paredes and Misa Rodríguez) who testified in the case against Rubiales.
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