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One other team-mate of Enzo Fernandez has defender the midfielder after he filmed himself singing a ‘racist’ chant.
Fernandez launched a press release on social media on Tuesday stating he ‘stands towards discrimination in all varieties’ and that he apologises for ‘getting caught up within the euphoria of our Copa America celebrations’ after a video of members of the Argentina crew on a bus went viral.
The assertion got here after a video appeared to point out the Argentina gamers singing about how French gamers are ‘from Angola’ or have a ‘Nigerian’ mom and a ‘Cameroonian’ father.
Fernandez has acquired huge criticism in response, with a lot of Chelsea team-mates unfollowing him on social media and Wesley Fofana branding the track ‘uninhibited racism’.
Now, de Paul, who has performed 69 instances for Argentina and was a part of the squad that received the Copa America beginning the ultimate, has defended his team-mate on the again of the scandal.
One other of Enzo Fernandez’s Argentina team-mates have leapt to the midfielder’s defence
Rodrigo de Paul (left) has known as for individuals ‘to not add gasoline to the hearth’ or ‘make scenario right into a present’
Fernandez took to social media to apologise for his actions following the criticism over singing a ‘racist’ chant
‘You do not analyse the songs that a lot,’ he stated, talking through Diario AS. ‘I can perceive individuals who have suffered racism and do not prefer it, however then there’s a place for all the things.
‘If somebody or a colleague of Enzo feels offended, the best way to go about it’s to name him if you understand him personally, to not put it on social networks.
‘There’s a little bit of malice in it, or perhaps wanting to place Enzo in a spot that he has nothing to do with. You do not have to do add gasoline to the hearth, or make it right into a present.’
Fofana’s Chelsea compatriots together with Malo Gusto, Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile, and Lesley Ugochukwu have since unfollowed Fernandez on Instagram, the place Fernandez on Tuesday shared a public apology.
The 23-year-old can also be thought to have apologised to his team-mates in non-public, towards the backdrop of Chelsea launching an ‘inner disciplinary process’ over their midfielder’s conduct.
De Paul just isn’t the primary Argentina participant to have spoken in defence of Fernandez, with Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister additionally giving his view on the scenario.
‘It’s important to watch out with what you say or do,’ Mac Allister stated on Thursday in an interview with Argentina’s Urbana Play FM. ‘Particularly in Europe the place they’re much extra delicate than right here.
‘The truth is that we’re not a racist nation, we’re not used to speaking about racism a lot.’
Fernandez was snapped singing the mantra on Argentina’s bus throughout their Copa America celebrations
Alexis Mac Allister (left) is one other participant who has caught up for team-mate Fernandez
Including that it was ‘clearly a vital subject’, Mac Allister went on to underscore that the midfielder was a superb particular person.
‘Enzo has already apologised and defined what occurred,’ he continued. ‘I do not suppose there’s way more to say.
‘We all know Enzo, we all know he would by no means do it with unhealthy intentions, he isn’t that man, he isn’t racist.’
Whereas Fernandez’s father has additionally defender his son, the likes of Demba Ba additionally criticised his actions.
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