RACIST CHANT BY ARGENTINE PLAYERS: A SIMPLE MOCKERY FOR MAC ALLISTER, WHO DEFENDS FERNANDEZ
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Interviewed Thursday in Argentina, Alexis Mac Allister gave his support to Enzo Fernandez in the face of the controversy born of the racist chant against the French sung by his teammate after the Copa America victory. The Liverpool midfielder specified that the issue of racism was a more problematic theme in Europe than in South America.
After the controversy, is it time for forgiveness? In France, the racist song sung by Enzo Fernandez and his teammates after the Copa America final is still not going down well. In Argentina, people are trying to defend the 23-year-old midfielder, who posted the video of the discord. Like Javier Mascherano, Rodrigo De Paul or the vice-president of the government, Victoria Villarruel , some voices are being raised to explain that the controversial song is not fundamentally racist. Back in the country for his vacation after the continental crown, Alexis Mac Allister has also come to the defense of Enzo Fernandez.
“The subject of Enzo is very sensitive and we have to be careful about what we say,” the Albiceleste and Liverpool midfielder said straight away in comments quoted by the newspaper Clarin . “In Europe, it’s more sensitive than here. We’re not a racist country and we’re not used to talking about racism.”
A song “more mocking than anything else”
Listening to Alexis Mac Allister, therefore, the supporters’ chant taken up by Enzo Fernandez is not racist. At the very least, the Chelsea midfielder had no racist or discriminatory intentions according to his selection partner.
“Yes it is an important subject, but Enzo has already apologized and explained what happened,” continued the 25-year-old player. Before pleading for a joke or mockery rather than racism.
“There is not much more to say. We know Enzo and we know that he would never do it with bad intentions,” Alexis Mac Allister finally judged, still according to the elements reported by Clarin. “It was a song that left its mark but which is more mocking than anything else. The most important thing is that Enzo came out of his silence and apologized.”