France Veteran Condemn Argentina Player’s Continuous Mocking of Mbappe

France Veteran Condemn Argentina Player’s Continuous Mocking of Mbappe

Chukwu Ikechukwu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:21 PM
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  • Patrick Vieira criticised the nature of Argentina's World Cup final victory over France, condemning abuse hurled at Kylian Mbappe
  • Mbappe has been subject to attacks from Emiliano Martinez that continued into Argentina's open-top bus parade through Buenos Aires
  • The 24-year-old forward scored a hat-trick in the World Cup final but was on the losing side as France lost to Argentina via penalties

Patrick Viera is seemingly unimpressed with the way and manner Emiliano Martinez has constantly trolled French forward Kylian Mbappe after the World Cup final.

Martinez has been seen holding a baby with the face of Mbappe during Argentina’s open bus parade while he also led the chant against the striker in the dressing room immediately after the final.

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Kylian Mbappe has been subjected to constant trolling from the Argentina World Cup winning team. Photo by Julian Finney
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According to Goal, Viera has now called Martinez’s antics as the dark side of football as he tags Martinez’s constant trolling as stupid.

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"Some of the pictures that I saw from the Argentina goalkeeper took away a little bit from what Argentina achieved at the World Cup. I don’t think that they really needed that. You can’t control sometimes people’s emotions or decisions, but that was a stupid decision from Martinez to do that.”

Martinez who proved to be Argentina’s hero during the World Cup penalty shootouts. conceding three goals from Mbappe during the final in Qatar.

Patrick Viera loves Mbappe’s mentality

Meanwhile, Patrick Viera has admitted Kylian Mbappe is just getting started and will have the world at his feet for a long time after his impressive showing at the 2022 World Cup, London World reports.

Mbappe scored eight goals to emerge as the golden boot winner at the competition including a hat-trick in the final against Argentina.

Viera admits he loves the mentality of the France forward after he resumed training with Paris Saint Germain just three days after losing the World Cup final.

Footage of Mbappe mocking Haaland goes viral

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Kylian Mbappe is no longer being consoled by fans, following the constant trolling he has suffered at the hands of Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

During Argentina's open-top bus parade after winning the World Cup, Martinez brutally mocked Mbappe by carrying a baby with the face of the PSG star attached to it.

An old video of Mbappe reportedly mocking Haaland has re-surfaced, with supporters now arguing the French star doesn't deserve sympathy for Emi Martinez's recent trolling.

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Chukwu Ikechukwu
Chukwu Ikechukwu Godwin is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in the Nigerian media industry. He has worked both in Radio (Today FM, Rhythm FM, Wish FM) and Television (Silverbird TV) as a Sports Analyst..
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