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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro believes that Africa is the true winner of the 2018 World Cup.
France beat Croatia 4-2 in Sunday's final in Moscow, but with a team composed of African players.
"The French team seems to be the African team, actually Africa has won, African immigrants arrived in France," Maduro said at an event celebrating the day of police in Venezuela Monday.
"How much did they despise? Africa and the World Cup in France won the trophy thanks to African or African players."
Two French scorers against Croatia have African roots : The parents of Paul Pogba are from Guinea while the parents of Kylian Mbappe are Cameroonian and Algerian
Among the players who started in the final, Samuel Umtiti was born in Cameroon, the parents of Blaise Matuidi are Angolan and Congolese, N & # 39; Golo Kante's parents are Malian while Raphael Varane's father is from the Caribbean. of Martinique
On the team of 23 men, 16 have African roots, although captain Hugo Lloris, scorer Antoine Griezmann and striker Olivier Giroud are of European descent.
Maduro nevertheless congratulated the team for the "beautiful" way they played and paid tribute to his ally and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for putting on "the best World Cup in the history of the football. "
The Venezuelan leader, who presided over the collapse of the country's economy and was widely condemned for the repression of opponents, called France and Europe in his together to use this victory as a stepping stone to end the mistreatment of Africans and Latin Americans
. "I hope France and Europe will appreciate that we, Southerners, Africans, Latin Americans, are worthy and powerful."
Maduro has a tense relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron who accuses him of setting up a "dictatorship" in the South American country.
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