Liverpool star defends Enzo Fernandez and says Argentina is not a ‘racist country’

Alexis Mac Allister has defended his Argentine teammate Enzo Fernandez over the offensive song which has led to accusations of racism from the French Football Federation and a number of fans around the world.

Fernandez has already apologized publicly and privately after live-streaming a video of himself and a large number of Argentina players celebrating their Copa America victory by singing a racist, racist song about the French team they beat in the 2022 World Cup final.

Liverpool midfielder Mac Allister has moved to defend Fernandez, who was not the only player seen singing the song, insisting that Europe’s view of racism is softer than that of South America.

“You have to be careful what you say or do,” Mac Allister said Urbana Play. “Especially in Europe where they are more sensitive than here. The truth is that we are not a racist country, we don’t usually talk about racism a lot.

“Enzo has apologized and explained what happened. I don’t think there’s much more to say. We know Enzo, we know he would never do it with bad intentions, he’s not that guy, he doesn’t discriminate.”

Chelsea have opened an investigation into Fernandez’s behavior but the midfielder’s actions will cause a big problem for the Blues after teammates Wesley Fofana and David Datro Fofana came forward about Fernandez’s actions.

Fofana, a French international, described the video as “unstoppable racism” before Ivory Coast’s Fofana insisted that “these actions have no place in football or anywhere else.

Reports suggest there has been disagreement in the Chelsea dressing room over the response to the issue, with a number of the club’s black players unfollowing Fernandez on social media.

Chelsea’s first black player, Paul Canoville, has pledged to help any “recovery process” at the club on behalf of his foundation.

Fofana’s decision to go public with his disappointment left another Argentinian player, Rodrigo de Paul of Atletico Madrid, unimpressed.

“I understand that people who have been victimized by racism may not like it, but I think that if any of Enzo’s colleagues are upset, the way is to call them, not to post it on social media,” he said. OLGA.

“I think it’s cruel in this; they’re trying to make it something it’s not. It’s very strange, like kicking someone when they’re down. Not following him seems absurd to me. You can call him and say: ‘It’s not here’. t okay, why don’t you send a message apologizing?’, and the matter ends there.”

Meanwhile, Fernandez’s father has launched his own defense against the Chelsea midfielder.

“I know who my son is and he is not!” Raul Fernandez explained He dismisses Argentos. “He is not a racist, absolutely!

“It’s hard for a European to understand our football culture like songs and celebrations. He recorded that video live at the wrong time. It was bad, he didn’t even realize what he was singing.

“In 2014, when Germany beat us, they imitated the way the gauchos walked and treated us like idiots, in 2018, France criticized us. [Lionel] Messi because of his height. We have never come out and said that we are discriminated against.

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