The French Football Federation will contact FIFA following a video circulating on social media in which Argentinian players sing a racist chant against players from the French team.
The FFF will write to the Argentine federation and contact FIFA, subject to further steps to be taken, this source said.
Since Monday evening, a video has been circulating on social networks in which certain Argentinian players, including midfielder Enzo Fernandez, are chanting racist remarks targeting the Blues.
In the video broadcast live by Enzo Fernandez on Instagram, filmed in the Argentina team bus, following the victory at the Copa America (1-0), we see the players start this chant before cutting the video.
“They play for France but they all come from Angola”
“They play for France but they all come from Angola, it’s good they know how to run, they are trans like this fucking Mbappé, his mother is Nigerian, his father is Cameroonian, but on the passport: French” (sic). These are the words sung by Argentinian supporters after the 2022 World Cup won by Argentina against France in the final (3-3 ap, 4 tab to 2).
This song sung by Argentinian supporters against the players of the French team and Kylian Mbappé, whose mother is in fact of Algerian origin, was broadcast live from Qatar on an Argentinian television channel.
“No, no. Censored,” the journalist said, slightly embarrassed, in a video that quickly went viral on social media.
At that time, the FFF had filed a complaint against racist comments on social networks, as had SOS Racisme.
Argentina have had a strong rivalry with France since their elimination in the round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, in a match won by Les Bleus 4-3.
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