Chelsea midfielder, Enzo Fernandez, and his Argentine teammates have come under fire for their racist chants during their Copa America trophy celebration.
The racist chant directed at the French players, which trolled them for having Nigerian mothers and playing for a country they did not originate from, has sparked attention on social media.
Many players around the world are eligible to play for the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
However, with dual nationality, they often choose to play for another country where they were born, despite having Nigerian mothers or fathers.
Indirectly, this chant dehumanises them and could make them feel inferior, a crime against humanity.
Now, people wonder why NFF is not saying anything about it.
Meanwhile, Lionel Scaloni’s team came off a successful FIFA World Cup triumph in Qatar after winning the Copa America in the previous year and also won the 2024 Copa America tournament for La Albiceleste, scoring the only goal of the game in the 112th minute against Colombia.
Racism Chants
During their celebrations on the team bus, former Benfica midfielder, Enzo Fernandez, was on Instagram Live, sharing the team’s moments with fans online.
After the game, Argentine fans made racist comments towards Mbappe and some of the French players, and it turned out to be the same song Enzo sang during the live video.
However, the situation went sour quickly after he and some of the players were singing racist songs, in an attack towards the French players.
The chant that has caused uproar suggested that French players of African and Caribbean descent aren’t French, with the lyrics:
“Listen, spread the word, they play in France, but they are all from Angola, they are going to run well, they like to sleep with trans people, their mum is Nigerian, their dad is Cameroonian, but on the passport it says: French”
Argentine fans have also been known to mock Kylian Mbappe and his apparent relationship with his previous partner, transgender model – Ines Rau.
Read more: Chelsea Issue Statement On Fernandez’s ‘Racist’ Chanting
Moreover, Fernandez plays alongside several black French teammates at Chelsea and other players of African and Nigerian descent.
Benoit Badiashile, Axel Disasi, Malo Gusto, Christopher Nkunku, Lesley Ugochukwu, Noni Madueke, and Carney Chukwuemeka, are all players of African descent.
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