The U23 coach, who is preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympics, supported Enzo Fernández. So did Nicolas Jackson, a Senegalese teammate at Chelsea.
The chants with racist content that were leaked Enzo Fernandez On their social networks, in the midst of the celebrations of the second American championship, they continue to generate a stir. In terms of support, Javier Mascherano He backed the Argentine midfielder, who had been caught in the eye of the storm by some of his Afro-descendant teammates in Chelsea and for the French Federation.
The coach of the U-23 team that is training in Paris awaiting the start of the Olympic Games, gave a boost to Enzo Fernandez“They try to make things much bigger than they are. If there is one thing that we Argentines are not, it is racist, far from it. I think everything has been taken out of context. If there is one thing that we are as a country, it is totally inclusive. People from all over the world live in Argentina and we treat them as they should be treated.”
Amid condemnation from English football and even from his own teammates, who stopped following the midfielder who emerged in Riverthe first to criticize him was Wesley Fofanawho launched a harsh message in X against the Argentine team, which was later joined Benoit Badiashille, Lesley Ugochukwu, Christopher Nkunku, Axel Disasi, David Dayro Fofana, Romeo Lavia and Bad Tastewho stopped following him on Instagram.
Javier Mascherano’s support
The bank of Javier Mascherano He continued: “I know Enzo, he’s a great guy and he doesn’t have any problem with that. The thing is that many times during a celebration, a part of a video can be taken out of context.”
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“You have to understand the culture of each country and know that sometimes what we perceive as a joke can be misinterpreted in other places. Enzo also made it known on social media that he was apologising. Sometimes people try to make things much bigger than they are,” the coach concluded at a press conference before the start of the Games.
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Previously, a colleague from the team in Chelseathe Senegalese Nicolas Jacksongave him his support on his account InstagramWithout saying a word, the forward uploaded two stories. In the first one he is seen Enzo Fernandez playing with a black child. The attacker only managed to add the emoji of two fists, one white and one black, colliding with each other with a heart above them. In the next post, the player showed an image of him and Enzo sitting together during a training session in Chelsea.
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