{"id":201914,"date":"2024-07-22T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/22\/messi-branded-selfish-for-silence-on-racist-copa-song\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:00:36","slug":"messi-branded-selfish-for-silence-on-racist-copa-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/22\/messi-branded-selfish-for-silence-on-racist-copa-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi branded \u2018selfish\u2019 for silence on racist Copa song \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lionel Messi has been branded \u201cselfish\u201d for staying silent on Argentina\u2019s racist song storm, with an ex-Chelsea star condemning the all-time great.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning world champions have successfully defended their Copa America crown in 2024. Talismanic captain Messi picked up an ankle injury in the final of that tournament but got his hands on trophy No.45 at the end of a 1-0 win over Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>Said success sparked wild celebrations, with Enzo Fernandez live streaming among those as certain members of the Argentina squad sang a song about how many players in France\u2019s ranks are of African heritage. The French Football Federation has said that an official complaint will be lodged to FIFA.<\/p>\n<p>World football\u2019s governing body are already investigating the incident, while Enzo \u2013 after generating widespread criticism and seeing questions asked of his future at Stamford Bridge \u2013 has come out and apologised. Argentina captain Messi is, however, yet to speak on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chelsea and England striker Carlton Cole believes the eight-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner needs to speak up, as one of the most recognisable and respected figures in the global game, telling talkSPORT: \u201cArgentina have got someone who is renowned as probably the best footballer to ever grace the beautiful game \u2013 Lionel Messi. We\u2019ve got a look at Messi and you say, you know what, Messi come out. We need to hear you. I need you to. You\u2019ve got to speak up about this. Because this is more than Enzo. Messi is the main guy there. He\u2019s the captain. He needs to come out and say something about this behaviour. Otherwise, it\u2019s just like he doesn\u2019t care. He doesn\u2019t care how I feel, he doesn\u2019t care how some of his black teammates he\u2019s had in the past feel. That just shows me that he\u2019s selfish. He needs to come out and say something. I condemn him. Simple. I condemn Messi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>French defender Wesley Fofana, who is of Ivorian descent, posted on social media after seeing Chelsea team-mate Enzo engage in discriminatory behaviour: \u201cFootball in 2024: uninhibited racism.\u201d The Premier League outfit have \u201cinstigated an internal disciplinary procedure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>goal.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi has been branded \u201cselfish\u201d for staying silent on Argentina\u2019s racist song storm, with an ex-Chelsea star condemning the all-time great. The reigning world champions have successfully defended their Copa America crown in 2024. Talismanic captain Messi picked up an ankle injury in the final of that tournament but got his hands on trophy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Messi branded \u2018selfish\u2019 for silence on racist Copa song \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/22\/messi-branded-selfish-for-silence-on-racist-copa-song\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Messi branded \u2018selfish\u2019 for silence on racist Copa song \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionel Messi has been branded \u201cselfish\u201d for staying silent on Argentina\u2019s racist song storm, with an ex-Chelsea star condemning the all-time great. 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