The racist slippage of Enzo Fernandez and some other Argentina players cannot be excused. This is the feeling expressed by Djibril Cissé. Asked by The Teamthe former center forward of the Blues (41 caps – 9 goals) returned to this sad episode which occurred in July 2024.
“ I don’t understand how his French teammates at Chelsea (Badiashile, Fofana, Gusto, Disasi, ndr) forgave him. Of course, everyone makes mistakes and then apologizes, but this went too far, it remained deeply rooted “, asks the one who participated twice in the World Cup with the rooster jersey (2002 and 2010), about the Blues midfielder.
Summer 2024. In the wake of Argentina’s victory in the Copa America final (1-0 against Colombia), Fernandez and some Albiceleste teammates take up a particularly odious supporters’ chant. A video was circulated on
Instagram.
Uninhibited racism
In this post, the comments are unambiguous as to their racist nature: “They play for France but they all come from Angola, it’s good they know how to run, they’re trans people like fucking Mbappé, his mother is Nigerian (Franco-Algerian, editor’s note), his father is Cameroonian, but on the passport: French.
At the time, Wesley Fofana reacted on the network X
(ex-Twitter). “Football in 2024: uninhibited racism”, had published the French defender and teammate of Enzo Fernandez at Chelsea.
