Cry for Team Argentina to 2022 Qatar World Cup

By Romy Mariñas

Dec 27, 2022 12:53 am

Would Argentina have celebrated its recent victory in the 2022 World Cup with understandably nationalistic fervor if its national football team were captained by a person of color or a Black person?

'Si,' simply because, for one, the squad leader was White, and, for another, there was no person of color or a Black person among the members of the Argentine eleven that won in Qatar in December what arguably is the world's premier trophy in all sports.

Argentina players celebrate after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar on Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. AP PHOTO

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