I know my son – Enzo Fernandez’s dad fires back

Enzo Fernandez
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Enzo Fernandez and his Argentina teammates chanted a derogatory song about the France national team in an Instagram live video after their 2024 Copa America win over Colombia.

Enzo Fernandez has been under fire since the incident, with many deeming the song as racist.

The song contains some offensive lyrics, thus: “Listen, spread the word, they play in France, but they are all from Angola, they are going to run well, they like to sleep with trans people, their mum is Nigerian, their dad is Cameroonian, but on the passport it says: French.”

Enzo Fernandez’s dad, has now come to the defence of his son.

According to Enzo Fernandez’s dad, the song wasn’t racist, and his son isn’t a racist as well.

“I know who my son is. He is not like that,” Raul Fernandez said.

“He’s not racist, never! It’s hard for a European to understand our football culture like chants and celebrations.

“He recorded that live video at an inopportune moment. It was bad, he didn’t even realize what he was singing.

“In 2014, when Germany beat us, they imitated how gauchos [horsemen, Argentina’s cultural symbol] walk and called us ignorant. In 2018, France mocked Messi for his height. We never came out to say we were being discriminated against.”