question from a French newspaper raises new controversy

The Argentine team managed last Sunday, December 18, to be world champion for the third time in its history, by defeating France in the grand final of Qatar 2022, until then defending the title after being crowned four years ago in the Russia World Cup.

The title of the Argentines generated love and hatred around the world. On the one hand, many people of different nationalities were happy because Lionel Messi finally managed to be world champion with his team, in addition to the fact that the World Cup returned to South America after 20 years.

On the other hand, many people criticized the attitude of the Argentines during Qatar 2022, since there were controversies regarding fights, insults and provocations by the South American players and their fans against the rivals they faced during the championship.

For this reason, a French newspaper criticized the attitude of the world champions in this World Cup. “You have to know how to lose with dignity, but do you also have to know how to win? Regarding this question, I am not sure that the Argentines have the answer.began the article by Victor Cousin in The Parisian, who strongly criticized the attitude of the Argentine National Team in Qatar 2022.

The article leaves sports aside and directly criticizes the attitude of the Argentine players, especially goalkeeper Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez, whom they accused of not having “class” to celebrate a victory and of “being the symbol of a whole Argentine team that regularly goes beyond the limits ”.

In the French newspaper, not only was the attitude of the Argentines criticized after winning the final against the French team and being crowned world champions, but also the attitude of the albiceleste footballers, including Lionel Messi, was strongly criticized. , after the quarterfinal match against the Netherlands, in which there were several clashes with the European players and with the coaching staff of “A Clockwork Orange” headed by Van Gaal.

The article quotes the words of an expert in sports culture in Argentina, who mentioned that the desire to win makes both victory and defeat live in an exaggerated way in that country. And for this reason, it doesn’t matter what you have to do to win and once you achieve it, it’s valid to celebrate in any way, “right” that is acquired with victory.

“There is this desire to win and to humiliate even the opponent. It’s a very powerful football culture. The cult of victory is exacerbated. France can live without being world champion. (For Argentina, losing) would have been a true national tragedy.”, said university professor Fabien Archambault.

All this happened after Argentina arrived in their country and celebrated in the streets of Buenos Aires with their audience. In the caravan, goalkeeper ‘Dibu’ Martínez could be seen carrying a doll as if it were a baby, which had the face of Kylian Mbappé, the main figure of the France team.

The goalkeeper had already generated quite a bit of controversy a year ago, when in the 2021 Copa América, Argentina eliminated Colombia on penalties and the goalkeeper was the great figure of the night, saving several penalties against Colombian players, such as Yerry Mina, Dávinson Sánchez and Edwin Cardona, after insulting and provoking them before making the decisive pitches.