JfR Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 If anyone's kept an eye on the Copa America, Argentina won it the other day. In the midst of the celebrations, Enzo Fernandez thought it would be a good idea to film some of the Argentina players singing a song insulting the France national team, including lines about how "They play in France, but they're all from Angola" and "They are 'cometravas' (slang term for a person who has sex with transgender people)". Naturally, this hasn't gone down well, not least with Enzo's 7 black French Chelsea teammates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) Well....shocked. Really bizarre. I just can't get my head around it... They have one word specifically for a person who has sex with transgender people??? Edited July 17 by Chester40 Gabby'sThighs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Reminded me of.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 When you come up with something as witty as that I think you absolutely should film it and share it with all your contacts That's really really funny. The sleeping with trans people is such a clever line yet people say footballers are stupid. One particularly angry french player is Kurt Zouma who can't believe Enzo would be so stupid to film himself acting in such a vile way. Equality is very important to football organisations. They've been pretty clear on that. Don't be surprised if the punishment for this is extremely harsh. We could be talking potential suspension from playing for Chelsea for several hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 On a similar theme, the Gibraltar FA have lodged a complaint with UEFA over social media posts showing the Spain squad singing a song saying "Gibraltar is Spanish" with supportive comments by Morata and Rodri being "liked" by Spanish Nationalist politicians. Nothing particularly surprising there, but I always wonder why, when Spain mentions Gibraltar, Morocco doesn't kick up more of a fuss about Ceuta and Melila, which were ceded to Spain by France in an even more recent treaty than the one in which Spain ceded Gibraltar to the British. Seems like double-standards somewhat. cstand, Bessie1 and CBX1985 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, Alph said: When you come up with something as witty as that I think you absolutely should film it and share it with all your contacts That's really really funny. The sleeping with trans people is such a clever line yet people say footballers are stupid. One particularly angry french player is Kurt Zouma who can't believe Enzo would be so stupid to film himself acting in such a vile way. Equality is very important to football organisations. They've been pretty clear on that. Don't be surprised if the punishment for this is extremely harsh. We could be talking potential suspension from playing for Chelsea for several hours. Ah, the lover of cats Gabby'sThighs, Alph and cstand 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 FIFA say they “strongly condemn any form of discrimination by anyone including players fans and officials”. It will be interesting to see if any punishment they dish out is consistent with this statement. I somehow doubt it. Same with Chelsea. Given how much such players earn, I can’t imagine any sort of fine is likely to hurt them much. Alph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 13 hours ago, Crewton said: On a similar theme, the Gibraltar FA have lodged a complaint with UEFA over social media posts showing the Spain squad singing a song saying "Gibraltar is Spanish" with supportive comments by Morata and Rodri being "liked" by Spanish Nationalist politicians. Nothing particularly surprising there, but I always wonder why, when Spain mentions Gibraltar, Morocco doesn't kick up more of a fuss about Ceuta and Melila, which were ceded to Spain by France in an even more recent treaty than the one in which Spain ceded Gibraltar to the British. Seems like double-standards somewhat. And yet: Spanish for 200 years. British or a British protectorate for well over 300 years. Sing about that pr1cks 😎 Crewton, Alph and Turk Thrust 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 16/07/2024 at 15:49, JfR said: Naturally, this hasn't gone down well, not least with Enzo's 7 black French Chelsea teammates. Unrelated but this made me check their squad on Wikipedia and... wow they have a lot of players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 9 hours ago, StaffsRam said: And yet: Spanish for 200 years. British or a British protectorate for well over 300 years. Sing about that pr1cks 😎 I always take great delight in telling friends when they say that Gibraltar is Spanish that "it's British, but plenty Spanish still live there!" Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Thrust Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 16/07/2024 at 22:49, JfR said: If anyone's kept an eye on the Copa America, Argentina won it the other day. In the midst of the celebrations, Enzo Fernandez thought it would be a good idea to film some of the Argentina players singing a song insulting the France national team, including lines about how "They play in France, but they're all from Angola" and "They are 'cometravas' (slang term for a person who has sex with transgender people)". Naturally, this hasn't gone down well, not least with Enzo's 7 black French Chelsea teammates. Even stranger is the fact that none of the French team come from Angola (a former Portuguese colony) Ram-Alf and richinspain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 14 minutes ago, richinspain said: I always take great delight in telling friends when they say that Gibraltar is Spanish that "it's British, but plenty Spanish still live there!" We first went out in 2003, not too long after the sovereignty referendum. Given how emphatic the result of that vote was I was surprised by the number of Spanish folks living there. Lovely people though. Much like the Argentines and the Falklands, if politicians would drop the rhetoric and just f*** off back under their respective rocks then the ordinary people would likely get along just fine. richinspain, Carl Sagan, Crewton and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 49 minutes ago, StaffsRam said: We first went out in 2003, not too long after the sovereignty referendum. Given how emphatic the result of that vote was I was surprised by the number of Spanish folks living there. Lovely people though. Much like the Argentines and the Falklands, if politicians would drop the rhetoric and just f*** off back under their respective rocks then the ordinary people would likely get along just fine. As I said, it's my stock comeback to friends. I've been living over here for 27 years. My wife, and even my daughter, are Spanish. My (as in regular meet up) friends are all Spanish. As in all walks of life there are some people you wouldn't give the time of day to but generally they are very friendly, especially when they beat us in cup finals. I'd love just once for an English team to come out victorious 😂 StaffsRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 16/07/2024 at 22:49, JfR said: If anyone's kept an eye on the Copa America, Argentina won it the other day. In the midst of the celebrations, Enzo Fernandez thought it would be a good idea to film some of the Argentina players singing a song insulting the France national team, including lines about how "They play in France, but they're all from Angola" and "They are 'cometravas' (slang term for a person who has sex with transgender people)". Naturally, this hasn't gone down well, not least with Enzo's 7 black French Chelsea teammates. They all know all the words, it's obviously a popular song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Argentina's MAF President has waded into the controversy by sacking the under-secretary of sport for suggesting that Messi should apologise on behalf of the team. Meanwhile, the vice-president, Victoria Villarruel, also hit back at the country’s critics on social media saying : Quote No country with a colonial history is going to put us down for a song sung on a field nor for speaking a truth that nobody wants to admit,” she wrote. “Enough of pretending to be offended, hypocrites. Enzo I am with you, Messi thanks for everything! Argentines always keep your heads high! Long live Argentina!” Villarruel said Argentina’s history had been forged by people of all races: “We never forced our way of life on anyone, nor will we tolerate that someone tries to do the same to us.” Whereas, Wikipedia tells me (and other sources confirm) that :- Quote The Tehuelche people, also called the Aónikenk, are an Indigenous people from eastern Patagonia in South America. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Tehuelche were influenced by Mapuche people, and many adopted a horseriding lifestyle. Once a nomadic people, the lands of the Tehuelche were colonized in the 19th century by Argentina and Chile, gradually disrupting their traditional economies. The establishment of large sheep farming estates in Patagonia was particularly detrimental to the Tehuelche.[ Contact with the colonisers also brought in infectious diseases ushering deadly epidemics among Tehuelche tribes. I think former Chelsea and Newcastle striker Demba Ba, commenting on X, summed it up nicely:- Quote Argentina, land of asylum for former Nazis on the run. From 1945, Juan Perón hosted war criminals. And it surprises you … Could somebody wake up FIFA and get them to sort this out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBX1985 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 On 18/07/2024 at 01:12, StaffsRam said: And yet: Spanish for 200 years. British or a British protectorate for well over 300 years. Sing about that pr1cks 😎 Or this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gibraltar_sovereignty_referendum StaffsRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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