The Athletic's Matt Slater was a fly on the wall as UEFA raised the curtain on another season of European competition...
star Aitana Bonmati, the winner of the women’s Player of the Year prize, seized her chance. She said Rubiales had ruined Spain’s moment with his “disrespectful” behaviour and “abuse of power” and that she wanted her team-mate Jenni Hermoso, the recipient of Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss, to know “we are with you”.The co-presenters of the show, Reshmin Chowdhury and Pedro Pinto, only found out what she was going to say while the rest of us watched men’s winner’s highlight reel.
For reasons that remain unclear, someone booked a very convincing Michael Jackson impersonator, and his loud backing group, to do a 30-minute medley of the King of Pop’s greatest hits. Like Rubiales, some thought the booking was “inappropriate”, while others shrugged and said “only in Monaco”. He did not weigh into the Jackson debate but he did say he was now a free agent and looking for a club. A football club.Do you know what was not talked about much, though? The prospect of Saudi Arabian clubs one day coming along to a UEFA draw.did not speak to a single UEFA delegate or club official who thought it would happen. And most of them used less diplomatic language than that.
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