A video that Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez posted on social media that the French Football Federation claimed contained “racist and discriminatory language” has resulted in him facing disciplinary action from the club.
Fifa is also looking into the video, which features a number of Argentina players participating in a song originally chanted by Argentina supporters criticizing the ancestry of France’s black and mixed-race players while they celebrate their 1-0 victory against Colombia in the final.
The Argentine government has responded to the song’s worldwide consequences.
The right-wing government of Javier Milei has no innate empathy for anything that may be deemed “woke.”
However, team captain Lionel Messi and local FA president Claudio Tapia were urged to apologize by Julio Garro, the undersecretary for sports, for the song that some of the passengers on the bus on Sunday night were singing. He replied, “It’s left us looking bad.”
Some have disputed the necessity for an apology, whereas Garro was fired externally on Wednesday due to his remarks.
When clubs from Argentina meet teams from Brazil in continental club championships, instances of Argentine fans making monkey signals in the stands occur with a repetitive and dismal regularity.
