By Gura Garcia
17 Jul 2024, 08:34 AM EDT
The Argentina national team player and member of Chelsea’s English Premier League player Enzo Fernández apologized on Tuesday after a video of an Instagram live broadcast went viral on social media, in which players from the Argentine national team appeared after winning the Copa América against Colombia, where they sang a song with lyrics with racist and homophobic implications in the middle of the celebrations.
“The song includes highly offensive language and There is no excuse for using those words.“the midfielder wrote in an Instagram story he posted in English.
“Cut the quick”
In the midst of what were the celebrations on the bus heading to a hotel in the In the city of Miami after Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Colombia, Fernández started a live broadcast on his official Instagram account, where the Albiceleste players were singing against the French national team with racist connotations and a homophobic reference to Kylian Mbappé. “Cut the live,” were words that were heard someone saying, knowing that the song could have serious consequences for the team.
“Enzo Fernandez” is trending because in a live broadcast, the entire Argentine team was singing a song that says:
“They play in France, but they are all from Angola”
And now they are accusing them of being racist
pic.twitter.com/xv4okjij7o— Why is it trending? (@estendenciavzl) July 17, 2024
Despite this, a user on social media was able to record the video and spread it. where it immediately went viral and had thousands of negative reactions from users. It should be remembered that the chant became known when Argentina defeated in the final of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, and Argentine fans celebrated with the song, something that had a rather negative impact and was rejected on social networks, especially by French fans.
Fernandez’s colleagues spoke out
The video that has been circulating on social media since Monday had negative repercussions, and what What is even more striking is that this was especially attacked by Enzo Fernandez’s French teammates at the English club: Bad Taste, Axel Disasi and Wesley Fofana stopped following him on Instagram. In addition, Fofana criticized in X (formerly Twitter) to the national team when he quoted a tweet showing the video. “Football in 2024: uninhibited racism,” the player wrote.
“I want to sincerely apologize for the video posted on my Instagram during “I am against discrimination in all its forms and I apologize for getting caught up in the euphoria of our Copa America celebrations. The video, that moment, those words, do not reflect my beliefs or my character,” the Argentine midfielder added on his social networks.
The French Football Federation (FFF) filed a legal complaint for “insulting comments of a racial and discriminatory nature,” according to a statement posted on their website. The aim would be to “directly challenge their Argentine counterpart and FIFA.” “The president of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo, condemns in the strongest terms the unacceptable racist and discriminatory comments made against the players of the French national team,” they wrote.
It would not be the first time that the FFF denounces Argentina since in 2022 When the aforementioned chants were first spread, a complaint was filed for racist comments on social media. French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra spoke out on her X account: “Pathetic. This is unacceptable behaviour, which is repeated.” FIFA: any reaction?
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