Copa America scandal: Canadian Federation denounces racist remarks directed at player after clash with Lionel Messi

After Argentina's victory over Canada in the Copa America debutTHE Canadian Soccer Federation He reported that some of his players had been subjected to racist comments on social media after a meeting with Lionel Messi..

“Canada Soccer is aware of and deeply troubled by the racist comments made online and directed at one of our Men's National Team players following tonight's match.”.

Furthermore, the statement added: “We are in communication with CONCACAF and CONMEBOL on this matter”.

The victim of this virtual abuse is the defender Moses Bombitocentral MLS Colorado RapidsThe 24-year-old footballer starred in one of the most viral and spicy plays of the game: hit captain Lionel Messi hard.

Even if Messi Nothing happened to him and fortunately he continued to play the match, however the fans were forced to explode on social networks, and made all sorts of comments loaded with threatening and xenophobic insults.

At the end of the meeting, the native of Montreal posted a story on his account Instagramthanking his colleagues for their affection and repudiating virtual harassment: “There is no room for this bullshit”he wrote, referring to the word excrement in this abbreviation.

FMZ

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