The French Football Federation (FFF) pledged to file a complaint with FIFA over 'racist and discriminatory remarks' by Argentina players in post-match chants after their Copa América title win.
The French Football Federation pledged Tuesday to file a complaint with
over 'racist and discriminatory remarks' by Argentina players in post-match chants about France's team after their Copa América title win. A video posted on Instagram by Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernández, who plays for Chelsea, showed Argentina players appearing to sing about French players with African heritage.
directly to file a legal complaint for racist and discriminatory remarks,' the French soccer federation said in a statement on Tuesday. Fernandez issued an apology for his remarks on his Instagram story Tuesday, acknowledging the song he and his teammates sang included 'highly offensive language.' 'There is absolutely no excuse for these words,' Fernandez said.
could not immediately confirm Tuesday if the French complaint had been filed. President Gianni Infantino has said soccer and its 211 national federations must have a zero-tolerance approach to racism and in May committed to relaunching a task force to monitor incidents. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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