French Football Federation lambasts racism towards players after defeat against Argentina

Published on: 22 December 2022
French Football Federation lambasts racism towards players after defeat against Argentina
07 Antoine GRIEZMANN (fra) - 24 Ibrahima KONATE (fra) - 10 Kylian MBAPPE (fra) - 09 Olivier GIROUD (fra) - 05 Jules KOUNDE (fra) - 11 Ousmane DEMBELE (fra) - 13 Youssouf FOFANA (fra) - 08 Aurelien TCHOUAMENI (fra) - 22 Theo HERNANDEZ (fra) - 04 Raphael VARANE (fra) - 01 Hugo LLORIS (fra) during the FIFA World Cup 2022, Semi Final match between France and Morocco at Al Bayt Stadium on December 14, 2022 in Al Khor, Qatar. (Photo by Anthony Bibard/FEP/Icon Sport via Getty Images)

The French Football Federation (FFF) slammed racist online remarks thrown at its players and vowed to take action.

The federation said on Tuesday that several of the players had been subjected to "unacceptable racist and hateful comments on social networks" and that it intended to lodge a complaint against those responsible.

“The French soccer federation condemns with the utmost firmness these intolerable behaviours and abuses,” read the statement on Twitter.

Meta, which owns Instagram, said in a statement to the Athletic that “we’ve removed the disgusting comments for breaking our rules.”

Coman's penalty kick was saved by Argentina's Emiliano Martinez, while Tchouaméni's attempt was wide, preventing France from retaining the trophy it won in 2018.

For scoring eight goals in seven games at the 2022 World Cup, PSG forward Kylian Mbappe earned the Golden Boot award ahead of Messi, who scored seven.

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