A day after their loss to Argentina in Sunday’s dramatic World Cup final, three French players were targeted with racist online abuse.
Some of the abuse, first reported by the BBC on Monday, targeted French standouts Kingsley Coman and Aurélien Tchouaméni, who missed decisive shots in the 3-3 defeat that concluded in a 4-2 penalty shootout. The abuse, which reportedly included monkey and banana emoji, also was aimed at teammate Randal Kolo Muani, who has since turned off comments on his Instagram posts. Meta, which owns Instagram, said in a statement to the Athletic that “we’ve removed the disgusting comments for breaking our rules.”
