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Argentinian sports minister Julio Garro has been sacked for suggesting Lionel Messi should apologise over the race row which marred the country’s Copa America triumph.
Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez shared a video shortly after Argentina beat Colombia in Miami on Sunday that contained language the French Football Federation described as “racist and discriminatory”.
The video showed Argentina’s players singing a song that questions the heritage of France’s black and mixed-race players.
FIFA are investigating while Chelsea have also launched a probe into the conduct of Fernandez, who apologised yesterday claiming he got “caught up in the euphoria of our celebrations”.
It is not known if Messi participated in the chant but, as captain, it was suggested by Argentina’s sports sub-secretary Julio Garro that he, and Argentinian Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia, should say sorry.
Garro said: “The national team captain must also come out to apologise for this case. The same for the AFA president.
“I think it is appropriate. It leaves us as a country in a bad position.”
Argentina president Javier Millei took a dim view of Garro’s remarks and a statement on X confirmed he had been dismissed.
The post read: “The Office of the President reports that no government can tell the Argentine National Team, world champions and two-time American champions, or any other citizen, what to comment, what to think or what to do to. For this reason, Julio Garro ceases to be Deputy Secretary of Sports of the Nation.”
La Oficina del Presidente informa que ningún gobierno puede decirle qué comentar, qué pensar o qué hacer a la Selección Argentina Campeona del Mundo y Bicampeona de América, ni a ningún otro ciudadano. Por esta razón, Julio Garro deja de ser Subsecretario de Deportes de la… pic.twitter.com/o4JRC7gGB1
— Oficina del Presidente (@OPRArgentina) July 17, 2024
Bizarrely, Garro then denied making his earlier…
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Author : Jon Fisher
Publish date : 2024-07-18 10:58:49
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