jeez ...... Former Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano defended Fernandez and said "everything has been taken out of context". In an interview with Ole, external, Mascherano, who won 147 caps, said: "If there is something that we Argentines are not, it is racists, far from it. "If there is something that we are as a country, it is totally inclusive. In Argentina, people from all over the world live and we treat them as they should be treated." Former Liverpool, West Ham and Barcelona player Mascherano, who is now Argentina Under-23s manager, said: "I know Enzo. He's a great guy and he has no problem with that. You have to understand the culture of each country and know that sometimes what we perceive as a joke can be misinterpreted in other places."
of course, but you'd think other players involved would get a mention somewhere along the way - there are a bunch of well-known players in that squad.
this story is getting worse ..... Argentina’s undersecretary of sport has been sacked after calling for Lionel Messi to apologise for the racist and transphobic song about France’s players that the former captain Hugo Lloris has described as “an attack on French people”... But the office of Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, issued a strongly worded statement on X confirming that Garro had been dismissed. “The president’s office says that no government can tell the Argentina national team – world champion and two-time Copa América champion – what to comment, what to think or what to do, or to any other citizen,” it said. “For this reason, Julio Garro is no longer undersecretary of sports of the nation.”
LOL, Milei is a ruthless son of a bitch. Argies have historically been strong shit-talkers. I remember reading Beckham's book years and years ago and he said something along the lines of the entire team was singing a song about their wives/sisters after the loss in 1998. These are wild people who don't give a baker's f uck about how people feel about their shithousing.