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Mbappe fires back at Paraguayan senator's racist tirade after France victory
MIAMI, July 6 : France striker Kylian Mbappe hit back at a Paraguayan senator, describing her as a "despicable woman" on Monday after she launched a racist attack on him following Paraguay's elimination from the World Cup.Mbappe's penalty proved the difference in a bruising and ill-tempered match as France won 1-0 in Philadelphia on Saturday to advance to the quarter-finals.Celeste Amarilla wrote a long, slur-filled racist tirade on X, describing Mbappe as a "colonised Cameroonian, desperately trying to pass himself off as French," and as a "brute" who had not learned to write. Paraguay's players should have slapped him after the match, she added.Mbappe, the France captain, responded with a strongly worded statement defending not only himself but also the Paraguay players. "Madame Celeste
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