Over the weekend, Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 in the final of the Copa América, after which the celebrating players sang a racist song on the team bus, the lyrics of which mocked the French national team and its star, Kylian Mbappé.

The story that caused the international scandal has reached another chapter, this time an Argentinian politician appeared in public and demanded an apology from Messi, and then categorically denied that he had made such a claim. - writes Origo .

Argentina won the Copa América for the 16th time in its history on Sunday, but instead of a significant sporting success, the news was about the following song being sung by the players led by Enzo Fernandez on the bus of the Argentine team during the celebration after the match:

“They play in France, but they are from Angola. They will run well, sleep with transgender people. Nigerian mother, Cameroonian father, but according to his passport he is French.”

Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez live-streamed on Instagram from the bus, in this recording you could hear what the players were singing. The midfielder tried to quickly interrupt the video, but news of what happened quickly spread, and then his French clubmate commented on all of this:

Football in 2024: unbridled racism.

Due to the huge scandal caused by the text, the Secretary of State for Sports of the Argentine Government, Julio Garro, in a radio broadcast called on the President of the Argentine Football Association, Chiqui Tapia, and the captain and biggest star of the team, Lionel Messi, to appear in public and apologize for what happened. .

The captain of the national eleven must appear in public and apologise. Just like the president of the association, because this case casts a bad light on our country

said the state secretary. However, there is another twist in the story, Garro later wrote on X that he did not ask Lionel Messi for this at all, even though he had made this request on the radio a few hours earlier.

According to the latest news, the world champion Enzo Fernandez's sports association, Chelsea, has just terminated his contract due to the case.

Cover image: copaamerica.com