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French team: Controversy with Mbappé, Belgium intervenes!
Published on June 29, 2024 at 4:15 p.m.
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This Friday, the Belgian Football Federation published a video in collaboration with comedian Pablo Andres. In this one, there is talk of tackling Kylian Mbappé in the shin during the round of 16 of the Euro. A sentence that caused controversy. The Red Devils were forced to apologize before Johan Bakayoko’s press conference.
Neighbors’ Day will take place Monday at 6 p.m. The French team will face the Belgium in the round of 16 of theEuro. The Belgian Federation launched hostilities by publishing a video highlighting the comedian Pablo Andres and the player Amadou Onana. And an extract outraged some on social networks.
A sentence causes controversy
During this humorous video, we can hear Pablo Andres dire : “Who will tackle Mbappé in the shin? ? ». To which the player responds, in song: “Onana, Amadou Onana “. A reply which caused a little controversy. So this Saturday, the Belgian Federation was forced to speak out to put out the fire. Before the press conference Johan Bakayoko, She apologized to theFrench team and to Kylian Mbappé.
Belgium makes its mea culpa
« A video was posted yesterday on social media, in which Amadou Onana talks about tackling Mbappé in the shin. The Federation has been working with Pablo Andres for several years now. His videos have always been humorous. The one published on our networks was also humorous. It was not well understood and we decided to delete the video. We apologize if people were offended ” said the Federation.
