Sarina Wiegman, the manager of England, dedicated her Uefa Coach of the Year award on Thursday to the Spain women’s team in the midst of the Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Federation, sexism issue.

Spain’s victory over Wiegman’s England in the Women’s World Cup final earlier this month in Sydney has been overshadowed by Rubiales’s forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso’s lips after the game.

While Spanish authorities have launched an inquiry into Rubiales’ activities and the Spanish football federation has requested him to quit, FIFA has provisionally suspended him for 90 days.

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After collecting her award in Monaco, Wiegman said , “We all know the issues around the Spanish team, and that really hurts me as a coach, as a mother of two daughters, as a wife,”

“There is still a long way to go in women’s football and in society, and I would like to dedicate this award to the Spanish team, who played such great football in the World Cup.

“This team deserves to be celebrated and deserves to be listened to.”

In the same vein, Spain player, Aitana Bonmati who won the UEFA Women’s Player of the year thanked Sarina for her words and said she wished the kiss incident that overshadowed their World Cup Victory did not occurred

“Thanks to Sarina for her words.

“These are not very good times just now for Spanish football.

“We have just won the World Cup but that is not really being spoken about because things have happened that I wish were not happening.

“As a society, we must not allow such abuses of power in a working relationship or such a lack of respect.”