Former Chelsea and Senegal ahead Demba Ba is the newest to have criticised the Argentina nationwide workforce, who’ve been underneath the scanner for a derogatory track sung within the workforce bus following their 2024 Copa America win.
Taking to his X account, Ba wrote, “Argentina, land of asylum for former Nazis on the run. From 1945, Peron hosted conflict criminals. And it surprises you…”
The turmoil surrounding the world champions has been within the aftermath of a stay video posted by Enzo Fernandez on his Instagram.
Within the video doing rounds on social media, Argentina gamers might be heard singing: “They play for France, however their mother and father are from Angola. Their mom is from Cameroon, whereas their father is from Nigeria. However their passport says French.”
Ba isn’t the one one who has been irked by the video. Fernandez’s teammate at Chelsea, Wesley Fofana additionally took to his social media to let his views recognized, quoting the video as “uninhibited racism.”
The France Soccer Affiliation (FFF) additionally issued its assertion with president Philippe Diallo difficult FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Argentina Soccer Affiliation president, Claudio Fabian Tapia – confirming that it’ll file an official grievance over the video.
Argentine response
Reacting on the outburst, Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul gave perception into what his teammates take into consideration the criticism, and the way workforce captain Lionel Messi had cautioned them towards instigating the opposition gamers or anybody else.
“When the ultimate ended, Messi got here and the very first thing he stated was, ‘no one taunts anybody, let’s have a good time and revel in our victory’,” De Paul advised OLGA.
“They all the time discover one thing towards the winner. Whether or not it’s that we received assist, or that we taunt others, or that it’s not such a great workforce, or that South America is much less developed than Europe, we didn’t see any fuss about that once they say these issues about us. All this stuff are stated to discredit what we’ve achieved,” he added.