January 13 – The wives of Mallorca players have said they were harassed after the club’s Spanish Super Cup game in Saudi Arabia.
The spouses of two Mallorca footballers have spoken out about being harassed by local fans in Saudi Arabia after the club’s match against Real Madrid.
Cristina Palavra, the wife of Mallorca’s Dani Rodríguez, said in Spanish media outlet Esports IB3 revealing the partner of Mallorca goalkeeper Dominik Greif and her were targeted by a group of men upon leaving the King Adbullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah. She said that the group of men had clicked photos of them from close up while they were with their kids.
“The exit was a bit complicated. We left with our kids and we had no security. The truth is that some men from this country started taking photos of us from close up and were harassing us,” Palavra told Esports IB3.
“The same thing happened to Natali, the wife of Dominik Greif. I was with my daughter, who was asleep. We felt uncomfortable. We didn’t have anyone to protect us. The exit was very bad.”
Natalia Kaluzova, Greif’s wife, was quoted by Spain’s Marca that the men “made videos of us and pushed us and they groped us, shoved phones in our face and filmed us.”
Other Mallorca fans and Spanish media who travelled to Jeddah recounted the same details. Mallorca said club officials reacted as soon as they were informed of the incidents.
Last month, Saudi Arabia were awarded the 2034 World Cup. On Sunday, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona played the Super Cup final. In 2020, the Spanish FA, RFEF, agreed to take the Super Cup to Saudi Arabia for $40 million a year.
Then FA president Luis Rubiales argued that it would help local women. Rubiales departed football in shame after his unsolicited kiss planted on Jenni Hermoso during the medals ceremony of the 2023 Women’s World Cup final.
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