Solidarity sign for Hermoso
Ex-national player takes on Oliver Pocher
9/3/2023 12:36 p.m
Ex-national player Tabea Kemme not only received praise for her declaration of solidarity on live TV with Jennifer Hermoso in the kiss scandal. The criticism from TV comedian Oliver Pocher does not leave the Sky expert unanswered. She responds with a juicy comment.
Former national soccer player Tabea Kemme reacted with incomprehension to comedian Oliver Pocher’s criticism of her statement of solidarity for Spanish world champion Jennifer Hermoso. Pocher’s comments are “another example” of “playing down sexual coercion,” Kemme wrote on her Instagram account in response to a post by the TV comedian and added: “Absolute no-go!”
Pocher had posted a picture via Instagram showing Kemme working as a Sky expert in the Bundesliga game between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich. The 31-year-old wore the Spanish national jersey with Hermoso’s number 10 to show solidarity with the world champion in the kiss scandal. Pocher wrote: “Sometimes you can overdo it as an expert. How a definitely questionable scene, which the team is still amused about on the bus, eventually becomes a state affair.”
It is an example of picking up a “quick like”, said the 45-year-old: “And there are enough women who are REALLY abused.” Pocher ended the post with an allusion to record national player Lothar Matthäus and Sky presenter Sebastian Hellmann, who reported on the game together with Kemme: “Lothar and Sebastian should dare to kiss goodbye!”
Hermoso was kissed on the mouth by Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales at the award ceremony after the World Cup triumph on August 20. She explained a little later that she had not agreed to it. “El Español” published a video on Wednesday with recordings that apparently come from the Spaniards’ team bus. They show some players mocking the incident in a relaxed atmosphere. Hermoso can also be seen. She says to colleagues: “He was moved and everything. He comes and touches me like that.” Several players shout “Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss”, among other things.