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| Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez, Messi, Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and France’s Kylian Mbappe pose for a photo during an award ceremony after the FIFA World Cup Final match at Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail, Qatar on Dec. 19, 2022. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Keita Iijima / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP) |
French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera on Friday accused Argentine players of being “inelegant winners” and “vulgar” for mocking her country’s star Kylian Mbappe after winning the World Cup final.
“As much as our French team knew how to lose with panache,
so the manner in which this Argentine team acted after this victory was not
worthy of the match we saw”, the minister told French radio station RTL.
Oudea-Castera singled out goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, who
was seen in the victory parade in Buenos Aires holding a baby doll, its face
covered with a photo of French star Mbappe.
Immediately after the match, a call for “a minute of
silence… for Mbappe,” was heard from Argentina’s changing room.
Mbappe scored a hat-trick as France twice fought back to take
the game to a penalty shootout and then beat Martinez with the opening spot
kick.
“I find it pitiful,” said Oudea-Castera.
“It’s just vulgar, inappropriate, really not up to the
occasion,” she said.
“This Emiliano Martinez is not distinguishing himself. It is
rather pathetic”.
The minister said she was pleased that the president of the
French Football Federation (FFF) Noel Le Graet had written to his Argentine
counterpart to complain of “abnormal excesses” in the celebrations.
The FFF has also said it intends to file complaints against
French fans who posted racist comments on social media after Kingsley Coman and
Aurelien Tchouameni missed in the shootout and Kolo Muani squandered a chance
late in extra time.
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