According to French media, the French Football Federation will sue the Argentine national team players for racist and homophobic chants. The chants were recorded on the microphone during the celebration of the second Copa America championship.
The French Football Federation (FFF) will lead to the FIFA the video circulating on social networks in which players from the Argentine national team chant a racist chant towards the French national team’s footballers, he told the newspaper on Tuesday. AFP a source close to the FFF.
According to the agency, AFP, “The FFF will write to the Argentine Federation and will go to FIFA, reserving all rights.”
The controversy over the songs of the Argentine national team It happened because a live broadcast of the midfielder went viral Enzo Fernandez During the celebrations, the Argentine players can be heard singing a song that disparagingly targets the origins of most of the French national team players, including Kylian Mbappé.
In the video you can hear it clearly “Listen, spread the word. They play in France, but they are all from Angola”before that Fernandez cut off the transmission.
It is worth noting that many of the French players were born in Africaor with ancestry through their parents. For example, the case of Eduardo Camavingawho was born in Cabinda, Angola.
This is not the first time that there has been tension between the two federations over this song. Something similar already happened during the Qatar World Cup 2022when the French became aware of this situation and also came to the FIFA.
Source: Ambito
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