Albiceleste players laughed at the French team, notably Kylian Mbappé, after the conquest of the world title in Qatar. “Abnormal excesses in the context of a sports competition”, judges the president of the French Federation.
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The France-Argentina final of the 2022 Football World Cup will definitely remain apart. The president of the French Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graet, decided to write to the Argentine Federation after the mockery of Albiceleste players, notably against the French striker Kylian Mbappé.
“I wrote a letter to my counterpart from the Argentine Federation, I find these excess abnormal, as part of a sports competition, and I find it difficult to understand. It goes too far. The behavior of Mbappé was exemplary, “said Christmas Le Graet In an interview Published Thursday, December 22 on the website of the Journal Ouest-France .
During the Argentinian players’ parade, winners of the World Cup by beating France in the final, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was seen holding a doll representing a baby, whose face had been covered with a photo of Mbappé.
In the wake of the final, “Dibu” Martinez had already made fun of the French star, author of three achievements in the match and a successful shot, singing in the locker room: “A minute Silence… for Mbappé who is dead “, before being followed by his teammates.
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By his provocative attitude during the penalty shootout and after the match, the Argentinian goalkeeper crystallizes a certain resentment among French supporters.
Back home Thursday, in Mar del Plata, in the south of Argentina, the one who was appointed best goalkeeper of the World Cup said his pride in being the first “Marplatense” world champion. “Not only for me, but for all children, the little guards, who dream of going to get the fourth star,” said Emiliano Martinez in front of 100,000 people, according to local media.
“To the penalties I become strong, and I know that people respect me, I know because opposing players told me,” he said. Then at the general request, he sparked an ovation of the crowd by performing the swaying little dance step which he had made at the World Cup, after one of the penalty shootout failed by France.
Among the provocations that punctuated the celebration of the Argentine title, the former Albiceleste striker Sergio Agüero, who was in Qatar with Albiceleste, had treated, in a video broadcast live on Instagram, the French environment Eduardo Camavonga of “Cock head” (“Cara de Pinga”). “I have nothing against him and he is a joke (…) He always joked with his name. Do not look for troubles,” he then justified on Twitter.
Questioned on this subject in an interview at Sud Radio, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire said that the attitude of the Argentinian players was “unworthy”. “What is FIFA doing? Sport is fair play is respect for others, it is the respect of the one who lost, we will not add the insult to the disappointment”, A -Al said Thursday.