Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy and number two in the French Government, asked FIFA on Thursday to investigate the “dishonorable” insults made by Argentine soccer players against ‘les Bleus’ at the end of the World Cup final won by albiceleste in penalty shootout.
“These are undeserved insults, and what is FIFA doing? Sport is a matter of fair play and showing respect to others, also showing respect to the losers,” he responded today to the station of Sud Radio Le Maire to a question about “the bad example of the Argentine side”.
Dibu Martínez angered France
The attitude of the goalkeeper of the Argentine team, Emiliano Martínez, who mocked the French striker Kylian Mbappé on several occasions after winning the World Cup on Sunday, as well as the behavior of former internationals, such as ‘Kun’ Agüero, mocking Eduardo Camavinga’s last name, made the French press feel very bad.
The French Football Federation (FFF) has announced that it will denounce the racist insults poured out on social networks against the French pitchers who missed the round that France lost (Kinsley Coman and Aurélien Tchouaméni).
In this case, it is still not clear whether the authors are French fans themselves or Argentines as well.
Source: La Verdad
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