The president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graet, “wrote a letter” to the president of the Argentine Football Federation (AFA), Claudio Tapia, after the provocations by the players of the ‘Albiceleste’, especially against Kylian Mbappé, in the subsequent celebrations world cup finalthe Ouest-France newspaper reported this Thursday.
“I wrote a letter to my counterpart from the Argentine federation. I see these excesses in a sporting competition as abnormal and I cannot understand them. They have gone too far. Mbappé’s behavior has been exemplary,” Le Graet said in a published interview on Ouest website. -France.
During the victory procession of Argentine players in Buenos Aires, goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez she carried a doll depicting a child, whose face was covered by an image of Mbappé.
In the dressing rooms of the Lusail stadium on Sunday, Martínez had already provoked the French forward, singing with his team-mates. 🇧🇷A minute of silence… by Mbappé“.
Also questioned on the subject in an interview with the broadcaster South Radiothe French Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire, considered the attitude of the Argentines “unworthy”.
“What does FIFA do? Sport is fair play, it’s about respecting others, respecting those who have lost, not adding insult to disappointment,” said Le Maire.
Also causing controversy in France was a video in which the former Argentine striker Sergio Agüero, in a live broadcast on Instagram after the final in Qatar, refers to the Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga as ‘cara de pinga’ (an expression considered offensive in Argentina) .
“I have nothing against him. It’s crack. It’s a joke, like I do in streaming. Zero malice, brother. Peace and love,” Agüero replied on Twitter to a user who criticized him for using those terms against Camavinga.
