France international Kylian Mbappe on Sunday accused the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) of ignoring racist abuse after a penalty miss at Euro 2020.
The Paris Saint-Germain star’s decisive spot-kick against Switzerland survived a last-16 shootout, which resulted in the world champions crashing out of the tournament.
The 23-year-old was maligned on social media by furious fans, and even considered leaving the national team as a result.
In an interview with the Sunday newspaper, FFF President Nol Le Graet spoke about Mbappe’s lack of support after the Euro abolition.
“He (Mbappe) admitted that the federation had not defended him after his missed sentence and criticism on social media networks,” Le Graet said.
“We saw each other for five minutes in our office,” Le Grete continued, adding the striker “no longer wanted to play in the French team – which he clearly didn’t think of”.
On Sunday, Mbappe responded on Twitter, expressing regret that Le Great had not taken into account the “racism” he would have been a victim of.
“Yes, I finally explained to him (Le Great) that it was about racism, not punishment,” Mbappé said.
“But he recognized that there was no racism…”
Le Great had already come under fire last September after declaring that racism in football “does not exist or hardly exists”.
The Paris prosecutor’s office announced a few months ago that it was investigating racist messages towards some French international players after the Euro.
FIFA published a report on Saturday pointing to an increase in the number of insults against footballers on social media.
According to this study, 38 percent of them were racist in nature.
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