Jorge Vilda, the former coach of Spain women’s soccer team, told a judge on Wednesday that ex-soccer federation president Luis Rubiales did not ask him to put pressure on Jenni Hermoso following the outcry that erupted after Rubiales kissed the player.

The prosecuting lawyer in the trial of Luis Rubiales says he enforced “a code of silence” among those in senior roles at the Spanish football federation while trying to calm the storm around his behaviour at the 2023 Women’s World Cup final.

Prosecutors are seeking a two-and-a-half-year sentence for former Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales, who said he made a mistake by kissing Jenni Hermoso after the 2023 Women's World Cup final but denied