New Delhi: In response to Argentina players’ “racist and discriminatory remarks” made during post-match chants mocking France’s team following their Copa America title victory, the French football organization promised on Tuesday to lodge a complaint with FIFA. In Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday, Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0. Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez, a midfielder for Chelsea, shared a video on Instagram that went viral on X, including the players pretending to sing about French players who are of African descent.
Wesley Fofana, a France defender and Fernandez’s Chelsea teammate, shared the Argentina team video on social media on Tuesday, labeling it as “uninhibited racism”. Among the few Black French players in Chelsea’s first team is Fofana, who is from Ivory Coast. Before France and Argentina played in the World Cup final two years ago, which Argentina won, some Argentina supporters started chanting the same things.
🚨🚨| OFFICIAL: The French Football Federation is taking the Argentine Football Federation to court over ‘racial and discriminatory remarks.’🇫🇷🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/jBAcaFy6zD
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The French football association declared on Tuesday that The French Football Federation president has made the decision to directly contact FIFA and its Argentinian counterpart in order to submit a legal complaint for racist and discriminatory remarks, given the seriousness of these disturbing words that go against the principles of human rights and sport. The insulting chants targetted the French players who are of African descent, originate from multiple nations, and possess a French passport.
Here is Enzo Fernandez and Argentina players celebrating that Copa America win by singing that racist France chant from the 2022 World Cup pic.twitter.com/pxoaX2MApE
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Here’s the video where Enzo Fernandez and the Argentine football team were celebrating their Copa America triumph and made those Racist remarks.
The FFF further stated that the unacceptable racist and discriminatory remarks made against the players of the France team as part of a song sung by players and supporters of the Argentina team are strongly condemned by Philippe Diallo, the president of the French Football Federation.
The French Federation have pledged to file a complaint against the Argentine players after they made racist and discriminatory remarks. Football Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
