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Who said that? I don't think anyone on here did.
I think we all agree that he shouldn't have done it. But calling it "sexual assault", saying he "forced himself on her". This language isn't helpful.
There's a case for him to be sacked, although personally I think that's a bit of an over-reaction - he got caught up in the moment, he didn't grope her or worse.
The level of furore was been ridiculous, it's actually become "the story" and somewhat overshadowed the fact they actually won the World Cup.
Sacking the manager is ridiculous - although it sounds like he should have been sacked anyway for other reasons, they just used this as an excuse to boot him out the door.
Personally, this seems like a mountain out of a molehill for me - although I understand that it speaks to a bigger issue of mysogyny.

Rubiales' stupidity was doubling down. Had he made a full and sincere apology - 'I got caught up in the moment etc and I accept that my actions were inappropriate and unwanted' then I think he would probably still be in a job.