“AN ATTACK ON THE FRENCH PEOPLE”, LLORIS DENOUNCES THE RACIST CHANTS OF THE ARGENTINIAN PLAYERS

In turn, Hugo Lloris reacted on Thursday to the racist chants of the Argentinian players during the celebrations of the Copa America. The former goalkeeper and captain of the French team did not mince his words.

The long list of outraged reactions is now joined by that of Hugo Lloris. The former goalkeeper and captain of the French team denounced, on Thursday, the racist chants of the Argentinian players on the sidelines of the celebrations of their title in Copa America on Monday.

“This was a full-scale attack on the French people, particularly on French people who have African origins and families,” he denounced on the BBC , while hoping that it was only a “mistake” and that they would “learn lessons from it.”

“Even more responsibility when you are a winner”

Enzo Fernandez, who had broadcast the scene live on Instagram before quickly cutting it, had apologized while explaining that he had “let himself get carried away by the euphoria of the Copa America celebrations”. An explanation that Hugo Lloris does not like: “It does not matter if you are in a moment of euphoria because you have won an important trophy. It requires even more responsibility when you are a winner, because you are an example for others, especially children.”

All the more so, recalls the 2018 world champion , because Argentina is “the face of football at the moment, in South America and in the world. They deserve a lot of recognition for their performances on the field over the last four or five years.”

The Los Angeles FC goalkeeper concluded by saying that “we don’t want to hear or see this kind of thing in football. We are all against discrimination and racism.”