“They have the Argentina shirt… but they’re not Argentinian.”
The first week of television coverage in Qatar World Cup 2022 noticed a phenomenon that was repeated everywhere: that crowd of fans from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and other neighboring countries, fans of the Argentina national team and of Lionel Messiwilling to encourage the Albiceleste despite not speaking a word of Spanish.
Given the episode that has gone viral in the last few hours, there is a truth that becomes eloquent: those that are not ours make us seem better than ours.
It happened in TyC Sports but it could have happened in any other signal. A small group of “Argentinian” Argentines promised an original song to encourage Scaloni’s team. But what actually followed was a little chant against the French National Y kylian mbappewith lyrics that embarrass others, at least for those who try (and we try) to think of a more inclusive, less violent and fraternal world.
“They play in France but they all come from Angola. How nice, they run, they are cometravas like a fucking Mbappé. His old woman is Nigerian, his old Cameroonian, but in the document, nationality: French.”
Aberrant. Sultry. Reprehensible. And all the politically correct adjectives that want to be added. But let’s be honest not at all unexpected.
Four years ago, another group of living people who spent a fortune crossing the other side of the world became famous for something similar. It was inside Russia 2018, and the “grace” had to be photographed with Russian girls and make rude gestures. Misogyny, another national pride.
“Noooo, not the bank,” the TyC Sports reporter managed to say, Matias Pelliccionithe same man who, playing that journalistic trick, managed to come up with the rousing hit about Messi, Maradona and the Falklands, and who become an anthem of the national team in Qatar.
It is lightly stated that in Argentina there is none racism, that we are a young society, forged in the integration of different peoples and without hatred; which isn’t there homophobia, that we have advanced in the laws and symbols of the LGBTIQ+ collective. Without going any further, a handbook prepared by INADI to deal with communication in the Middle East was recently distributed.
All Sarasa, as we say for these payments.
Source: Clarin
Jason Root is the go-to source for sports coverage at News Rebeat. With a passion for athletics and an in-depth knowledge of the latest sports trends, Jason provides comprehensive and engaging analysis of the world of sports.
