The president of the French Football Federation (FFF) Noël Le Graët “wrote a letter” to the Argentine Federation after the mockery of Albiceleste players, in particular against Kylian Mbappé, he said on Thursday on a daily basis in Ouest-France.
“I wrote a letter to my counterpart from the Argentine Federation, I find these excesses abnormal, in the context of a sports competition, and I find it difficult to understand. This is going too far. Mbappé’s behavior was exemplary “explained Le Graët in an interview published on the newspaper’s website.
Martinez clearly in the viewfinder
During the parade of Argentine players, winners of the World Cup by beating France in the final (3-3, 4 pens to 2), goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was seen holding a doll representing a baby, whose face had been covered of a photo of Mbappé.
In the wake of the final, “Dibu” Martinez had already openly made fun of the French star, author of three goals in the match, by singing in the locker room: “A minute of silence… for Mbappé”, before being followed by his teammates.
questioned on the same subject by RTL, Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra supported the president of 3F in his initiative: “I find it pitiful. As much as our French team knew how to lose with panache, the way in which this Argentinian team acted following this victory is not worthy of the match we saw. They are inelegant winners. We are straight in our boots. There are inappropriate mockery and unacceptable racist acts. I am happy that Le Graët filed a complaint and took this step with his counterpart. Emiliano Martinez is not distinguishing himself, it’s quite pathetic. I was able to speak with Kylian Mbappé on the plane back and he has a step back from that. The best response to provide is to return to the field and make the powder speak”.