Mapi León denies the facts in a statement and denounces a campaign to damage her image
Sunday's women's derby at the stadium Dani Jarque Sports City, with victory of the Barça 0-2, continues to drag on. The hangover from this match has been marked by a few seconds of television footage in which the Barça defence can be seen Mapi Leon allegedly touching the genitals of the Perica player Daniela CaracasIn the action, captured by the cameras, it is intuited that the Barça player touches Caracas's genitals and, right after, it seems that she asks him: «Do you have a dick?", as reported by several users on social networks. The Espanyol has catalogued the facts of "unacceptable" and has assured that it cannot go unnoticed.
From the Espanyol consider that León violated the privacy of Caracas, Whereas the Barça, eight hours after the reaction of his city rival, released a letter from the footballer Zaragoza in which he denies any genital touching. Along the way, the Barcelona club had to delete a tweet with a photo of León showing two fingers.
Interested controversy
In his public writing, León She is particularly hurt by the timing of this controversy. She believes that it has "generated on social networks» as a result of a «game situation» and implicitly links him to the trial that may result in a conviction for Rubiales, Ruben Rivera, Jorge Vilda and Albert Luque. «SNoise and controversy have been generated around the name that only seeks to damage my image and principles, thus spreading news and acts manipulated for other purposes that are evident in the week in which we are«.
The Barça centre-back is not referring in this last statement to the two games of Queen's Cup and League that his team will play against the Madrid CFF this week, but to the great media attention that the procedure against the charges of the RFEF which he has defied by not attending the call-ups of the Spanish national team since the outbreak of what is popularly known as the 15 o'clock riot.
The last of the fifteen resisters
Mapi Leon not only denies the touching in Caracas (he places them on the leg, not on the genitals), but makes it clear that "goes against its principles» touching the private parts of any female footballer without her consent, which implicitly also points to rubiales, who has always maintained that the "little beak" Beautiful in celebration of 2023 World was previously consented to by the Madrid forward.
The Barça player also shows her support for Caracas for the criticism and attacks he is receiving from fans who align with his position and also with that of the Barça, which is a gesture of empathy towards a rival with whom he had to face each other on the pitch. We must not forget that Mapi had a brief past of one season defending the blue and white colours before arriving at the Atletico Madrid, where he established himself in the professional elite.
Mapi León's full statement
«Statement from our player Maria Pilar Leon
I, María Pilar León Cebrián, in relation to what happened last Sunday in the match against RCD Espanyol and the controversy generated on social networks, feel obliged to express the following:
* At no time did I violate, nor did I have the intention of violating, the privacy of my colleague Daniela Caracas. In the images you can see that it is a game move in which she intentionally bumps into me and I touch her leg, saying in reaction to said collision: "What's wrong with you." There is no touching of an intimate area nor much less intention to do so, I insist, it is a simple game move that does not deserve the diffusion or the importance that the news is acquiring.
* Under no circumstances would it occur to me to touch the private parts of any of my colleagues, it goes against my principles and I will never do it.
* I condemn the harassment that Daniela is apparently suffering on social media, which has nothing to do with me, and I show her my most sincere support.
A lot of noise and controversy has been generated around my name that only seeks to damage my image and principles, by spreading news and acts manipulated for other purposes that are evident in the week we are in. I am very upset and disappointed, and that is why I reserve the right to take legal action against whoever intends to take advantage of this game situation to harm me and continue defaming based on unfounded evidence.«.
