The French demand sanctions after online racist abuse against players

December 21 - French football authorities have condemned online racist abuse directed at some players in the country after they were targeted following the penalty shootout loss to Argentina in the Sunday's World Cup final.

The French federation said some players had been affected by “unacceptable racist and hateful comments on social media” and that it planned to press charges against those responsible.

"The French Football Federation condemns these intolerable abuses in the strongest terms," ​​it said in a statement.

Kingsley Coman and Aurélien Tchouameni faced racist abuse online after failing to score from the spot as France narrowly missed out on winning the trophy in Russia in 2018.

Coman's club Bayern Munich rallied behind the winger as did French Sports Minister Amélie Oudea-Castera who tweeted her support for Coman and all those targeted, saying the comments " have no place in football or anywhere else".

Anti-racism group SOS Racisme said some gamers had to disable comments on their Instagram accounts because of "a torrent of racist slurs, with hundreds of users on the social network posting the most popular comments. comparing them to apes, slaves, or even urging them to return to the jungle."

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