The Canadian men’s national soccer team told about the harassment against Moise Bombito.
21.6. 17:23•Updated 21.6. 17:27
The South American football championship tournament Copa America started the night before Friday, Finnish time. In the opening match, reigning champion Argentina defeated Canada 2–0 (0–0).
The Canadian national team announced after the match that its player To Moise Bombito was subjected to racist messages. Bombito tackled the Argentine superstar in the match Lionel Messi.
– We are aware and deeply shocked by the racist comments written on the internet. We are in contact with Concacaf and Conmebol about this, the national team announced.
Bombito himself took a stand on the matter on Instagram by writing: “My beautiful Canada. There is no place for such horse shit.”
Messi played to the end of the match and was the starter for both goals that Argentina scored Lautaro Martínez and Julian Alvarez.
At the same time, Messi became the player who played the most matches (35) in the Copa America of all time.