Pires calls for Argentina sanctions after racist video

Former France winger Robert Pires calls for FIFA to act after Argentina's Copa America celebrations.

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00:00The other thing people were critical of was the Argentina boat, when it went past, I heard

00:05people booing. What do you make of this new rivalry between Argentina and France over

00:10the copper? Were you offended, were you upset by what the Argentinians did with the singing?

00:17Not really, because the singing of the Argentine team was bad. It was especially racist. So

00:29we need to fight, and we fight about this. I know Enzo Fernandez, he had a lot of apologies.

00:38I think it was a big, big mistake from Argentina. But you know, since the final in Qatar, we

00:46fight now with Argentina. Unfortunately, but I don't understand because Argentina won the

00:54Copa America. And first of all, they think about France, and Kylian Mbappé, and the

01:00singing was bad, you know, I repeat. So no, we don't see more things like this because

01:09racists, we need to fight. We need to fight racists, in sports, but in the world.

01:16Do FIFA, UEFA need to do more?

01:19They need to put a big sanction, or a penalty on the Argentinian federation. Because I love,

01:30I have a lot of Argentinian friends, especially football players. But for me, this is not

01:38normal, it's not football, it's not sport, it's not fair play. So yeah, I hope FIFA

01:44says something and they put a big, big penalty for the Argentinian federation.