France gamers Kingsley Coman, Aurelien Tchouameni subjected to on-line racist abuse following penalty misses in opposition to Argentina

France gamers Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni who missed decisive penalties within the World Cup ultimate in opposition to Argentina on Sunday have been subjected to racial abuse on-line, a BBC report acknowledged.

Coman’s shot was saved by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez whereas Tchouameni dragged his shot extensive. These two misses proved decisive as Argentina romped to victory, profitable the shootout 4-2.

Coman’s membership Bayern Munich condemned the racial abuses, posting, “FC Bayern strongly condemn the racist comments made towards Kingsley Coman. The FC Bayern family is behind you, King. Racism has no place in sport or our society.”

Argentina gained their third World Cup crown after the match went to penalties with the scored tied at 3-3 after regulation in addition to Extra Time. Lionel Messi scored 2 of Argentina’s objective whereas Angel di Maria scored the opposite. Kylian Mbappe was the scorer of all three French objectives, two from the penalty spot and one from open play.

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Last yr, England gamers Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jordan Sancho have been additionally targetted with racial insults on-line after they missed penalty kicks for England within the decisive Euro 2020 shootout in opposition to Italy, prompting the English Football Association to difficulty a press release condemning the language used in opposition to the gamers.

“We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible,” the FA assertion had mentioned. “We will continue to do everything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real-life consequences.”