Argentina's Enzo Fernández, shown celebrating a Copa América win over Canada, was criticized by France player and Chelsea teammate Wesley Fofana.
In footage shared on social media by Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernández that appeared to have been streamed live as he and other members of La Albiceleste were on a team bus, they could be heard chanting lyrics that took aim at players on France’s national team with African heritage. Fernández, 23, apologized on social media Tuesday.). “I stand against discrimination in all forms and apologise for getting caught up in the euphoria of our Copa America celebrations.
Also reacting strongly Tuesday to the video was Wesley Fofana, a defender on the French national team who has parental ties to the Ivory Coast and is a teammate of Fernández’s at English Premier League club Chelsea.The fallout from the video is the latest controversy to emanate from Copa América, which ended Sunday with Argentina notching a 1-0 extra-time victory over Colombia in the final played in Miami Gardens, Fla.
CONMEBOL did not offer immediate public comment Tuesday on Fernández’s video, nor did FIFA, which in May introduced what it described as. Among the proposed measures was for racism to be recognized as a criminal offense in every country. In a June ruling thought to be the first of its kind, three Spanish fansOn Tuesday, the French federation said its president sent a message of complaint directly to “his Argentine counterpart,” as well as to FIFA.
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