Benin coach reveals ‘poor treatment’ from Argentina in Messi farewell game

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  • Kofi 2 days ago

    Don't worry. Even Pele, Maradona, Mohammad Ali..... Are all gone . Fame fades......pray for longevity and good health

  • Yao 2 days ago

    You guys should know better before accepting to go and play in that racist Argentina. Just check the history of blacks in Argentina. Coach, Messi signed your jersey because you a white.

  • Trésor Abujie 2 days ago

    History Facts:
    - Argentina has forbidden importation of enslaved people at its independence
    - Argentina abolished slavery decades before USA.and Brazil
    - The "Mother of the Nation" of Argentina is a black woman (Maria Rem ...
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  • McCoy 2 days ago

    and yet they are still Hopelessly Racist

  • Bernard 2 days ago

    My friend stop lying, Maradona is a native South American(red-Indian). Argentina killed all their black slaves and some ran to neighboring countries. So stop distorting facts. They are now just trying to encourage blacks to l ...
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  • Ivory Mensah 2 days ago

    Why Argentina of all places. Messi is a celebrated racist who naturally doesn't want to have anything to do with blacks. Unlike Brazil, Argentina eliminated all the indegenous blacks in that country. And that's how com ...
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  • Trésor Abujie 2 days ago

    Who are the "indigenous blacks"?

  • Great one 2 days ago

    Who arranged the game, it is that person that should be called out

  • McCoy 2 days ago

    Racist

  • Kwa 2 days ago

    What do you expect from a racist country?
    I am surprised Benin accepted the invitation.

  • Grape farm 2 days ago

    Doesn't he know that the Argentines are racists.

  • AMENDOS 2 days ago

    what do u expect

  • Kwame 2 days ago

    Argentina is racist

  • Agbelimor Paris 2 days ago

    Since from generation up till date,the Argies don't like Blacks.They are horrible people and if not President Trump,by now they would be eating left overs from animals.

  • Akwasi 2 days ago

    Brute racists Argentina!

  • Isaac Clifford 2 days ago

    Whether you like it or not, it was awesome experience to play against Messi's Argentina. Kudos to Benin goalie. And overall Benin didn't play bad either.

  • HAPPY DAYS 2 days ago

    @Isaac Clifford,it appears you're oblivious of what is being discussed,Benin should have avoided Argentina like plague,travelling from West Africa all the way to that place for such treatment,well.

  • Trésor Abujie 2 days ago

    I don't understand the comments in this article and criticism. It was thr last dance of Messi with Argentina, with speeches and big shows aftermatch, as we have all seen...when do you want to do jersey exchanges?????? Other i ...
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  • KOFI DOKU..Standards 2 days ago

    This is Argentina.....They dislike black skin.The game was just a cover up!

  • HAPPY DAYS 2 days ago

    @Tresor Abujie,please don't misinform readers here there were blacks in Argentina at their independence like other neighbouring states,there was systematic state sponsored discrimination against blacks which made their stay i ...
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  • Trésor Abujie 2 days ago

    I think you are lying. To which other neighboring states black peoples migrates? Chile: less black people than Argentina...Paraguay: no black people....Bolivia: no black...Uruguay: very small popualtion...Brazil: slavery and ...
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  • Bernard 2 days ago

    I am a Ghanaian and I lived in Argentina for six months, and it’s one of the most racist countries in the world, hence, I can’t be surprised at all.

  • Kwame Drance 2 days ago

    Ronaldo won’t do such a thing.

  • KOTEY QUANSAH 1 day ago

    WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED TO RECEIVED SUCH TREATMENT FROM THESE ARGENTINIANS. LOOK AT THEIR HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE. ARGENTINA WAS ONCE HAD POPULATION 30-40% BLACK PEOPLE FROM AFRICAN DESCENT, NOW ONLY 1%. ASK YOURSELVES WHAT HAP ...
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