Some may call Rajoy’s comments racist – but what’s really the point of national teams?
There’s no denying that first- or second-generation migrant players have become the absolute norm in football (soccer) national teams.
This became painfully clear during the US World Cup, which is drawing to a close.
We had no less than 6 black players in Scandinavian Sweden – and even the Japanese goalkeeper Suzuki was black.
But when it comes to the French squad, usually every single player on the field is an immigrant from the French colonies – and that is rubbing some people the wrong way.
The Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla lost her mind after France beat Paraguay by 1×0, and went on a frankly deranged tirade, calling French star Mbappe an ‘ugly colonized Cameroonian’ and ‘educated by chimpanzees’.
But that’s not all: Former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said that France’s team, while a strong contender for the World Cup title, plays ‘without Frenchmen’.
Rajoy’s comment references the undeniable fact that France fields only people with immigrant backgrounds or who hail from former colonies.
Needless to say, Rajoy’s comments sparked widespread condemnation.
Euronews reported:
“Rajoy made the comment in his latest World Cup column for El Debate, which he has been writing after each Spain match at the tournament.
In his column, titled ‘Hoy llegó el desquite’, or ‘today was the day for revenge’ in English, Rajoy went over Spain’s 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Belgium and looked ahead to La Roja’s semifinal matchup against Didier Deschamps’ France side on Tuesday night at 9 pm CET.
[…] After acknowledging that France had been world champions twice and won every match at this year’s tournament, Rajoy said they have a ‘top-tier squad’, before adding ‘but without Frenchmen’. The comment was an apparent reference to the fact that many players in the French squad either have immigrant backgrounds or hail from former French colonies.”
Unlike the ravings of the Paraguayan senator, who even alleged by now that ‘her account had been hacked’, what Rajoy said, while highly controversial, is the plain truth.
His critics say that, of the 26 players called up by France for the tournament, only three were born outside the country. But it’s also the case that they are all first or second-generation citizens from the colonies.
Many may think that’s a good thing – but no one can deny that it’s the case.
“Rajoy’s comments form part of a long-running discussion over French football and immigration, dating back to France’s first World Cup triumph in 1998 […] Jean-Marie Le Pen’s National Front argued at the time that the side [squad] did not truly represent France and that it was “artificial” to bring in foreign-born players and present them as the French national team.”
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