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France: Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez has issued an apology for the racist chants he and his teammates used for the France football team players during their Copa America title celebration. A video went viral on social media from Enzo\u2019s Instagram Live where the Argentina team is celebrating their Copa America triumph after a 1-0 win over Colombia in the final on July 14 in Miami. The video featured a song by some of the Argentina squad about France\u2019s players.<\/p>\n
Enzo didn\u2019t make any excuse for the racist comments he and his other teammates made in the viral video and said that they were caught up in the euphoria of celebrations.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to apologise sincerely for a video posted on my Instagram channel during the national team celebrations. The song included highly offensive language and there is absolutely no excuse for these words,\u201d Fernandez wrote on his Instagram story.<\/p>\n
\u201cI stand against discrimination in all forms and apologise for getting caught up in the euphoria of our celebrations. That video, that moment, those words, do not reflect my beliefs or my character. I am truly sorry,\u201d he wrote further.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the French Football Federation (FFF) has decided to file a complaint to the global governing body FIFA, stating that the viral video included an alleged \u201cracist and discriminatory\u201d chant.<\/p>\n
\u201cFaced with the seriousness of these shocking remarks, contrary to the values of sport and human rights, the president of the FFF decided to directly appeal to his Argentinian counterpart and FIFA and to file a legal complaint for racially offensive and discriminatory remarks,\u201d the FFF said.<\/p>\n
The derogatory chants single out French players of African heritage, from several countries, and holding a French passport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo, condemns in the strongest terms the unacceptable racist and discriminatory remarks made against the players of the France team as part of a song sung by players and supporters of the Argentina team,\u201d the FFF added.<\/p>\n
Enzo seems to have started losing support from his Chelsea teammates as one of the Blues stars and France international Welsey Fofana commented on the video on social media platform X, writing: \u201cFootball in 2024: uninhibited racism.\u201d The comment was accompanied by a clip from the video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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