Racist Chants: Fernandez Faces 12-Match Ban
According to reports, Enzo Fernandez could face a ban of up to 12 matches for taking part in a racist and transphobic chant while on duty for Argentina.
Fernandez came under fire for sharing an Instagram Live which showed him and other Albiceleste team-mates singing that France’s players are ‘all from Angola’ and mocking their multi-ethnic heritage in the wake of the team’s Copa America victory.
Fernandez’s Chelsea team-mate Wesley Fofana was the first to accuse him of ‘uninhibited racism’ in a social media post – which attracted a slew of racist tolls to attack the France international in response.
Many of Fernandez’s French team-mates, including Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Malo Gusto, and Axel Disasi, opted to unfollow him on Instagram, shortly before the Argentine shared a public apology which stressed that ‘those words do not express (his) beliefs and character’.