In the midst of the controversy over the accusations against Mbappé, the hoax of the French national team against Messi in 2018 goes viral

Emilian I drew Martínez was one of the emblems of the Argentine national team champion at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. And also one of the most expansive when it came to celebrating. Protagonist of the penalties that ended up consecrating the Albiceleste, the goalkeeper was one of those who caught several flashes during Tuesday’s celebrations in Buenos Aires with the people.

As part of classic Argentine folklore, the English goalkeeper of Aston Villa has been seen above the bus with a toy child in the hands that the fans stationed on the Riccheri highway had thrown him, and that he had stuck a clipping of the face of Kylian Mbappé, the greatest figure of the French cast.

The picture didn’t take long to go viral and some too they joked that it made “upa” to French 10 in connection with the viralized recording some time ago of Lionel Messi haranguing his teammates in the locker room before the 2021 Copa América Final against Brazil.

There were also those from the Old Continent, especially in the Parisian lands, they criticized the Argentine captain for not intervening or stopping the charge of the former Independiente goalkeeper given that – they point out – the target of the prank was his teammate from Paris Saint-Germain.

It was at that moment that an old video of Les Bleus’ celebrations after the World Cup in Russia, where they eliminated Argentina in the second round and then became champions, went viral on the networks.

Back then, Didier Deschamps’ team beat Croatia in the final and returned to France to celebrate the title with fans at the Stade de France.

The French players dedicated a song to him N’Golo Kanteone of that team’s midfield figures absent in Qatar through injury, for his great performance scoring Messi in that game.

At the end the images transmitted by the French medium The Teampointed at the Argentine coat of arms: “He’s small, he’s good, he stopped Leo Messi, but we all know he’s a fraud.”

That wasn’t all. After the definition against Croatia, Mbappé had also uploaded a video of the celebrations above the bus in his Instagram story where the same song against Leo was heard.

The chicanes against the French champion had intensified before the World Cup in Qatar on this side of the Atlantic, after a criticism launched by PSG 7 on the level of South American football.

“The advantage we have in Europe over Argentina and Brazil is that we always play high-level matches here. Now the UEFA Nations League is starting, for example, and when we get to the World Cup we will be ready. Argentina and Brazil do not have it in this aspect“he said last May.

“Football in South America is not as advanced as in Europe. For this reason, When you look at the last World Cup, it’s always the Europeans that win“, he concluded.

After getting Argentina to Qatar, I drew Martínez was also one of the most euphoric voices in the locker room when he thundered during the celebrations: “A minute of silence for Mbappé who is dead”.

Amidst the controversy, French newspapers accuse Argentina and its players of “racism and bad manners”. The Conservative Journal i get them underlines that “since his victory at the World Cup, Argentine players and fans have not stopped attacking Mbappé”.​

And he launched: “No wonder: the Argentines had already been filmed on local television, even before the World Cup, singing a racist song”. The song was considered “abominable and racist” by all French media. But it was never popularized by Argentine fans and received multiple expressions of rejection.