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Caracas – President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro believes Africa and no France are the true winners of ] 2018 World Cup in Russia

France beat Croatia 4-2 in the Sunday final in Moscow, but with a team composed of many players of African descent.

"The French team seems to be" Africa has won, African immigrants arrived in France, "Maduro said at an event celebrating the day of police in Venezuela on Monday

"How much did they despise Africa and the Football World Cup? African players or African sons. "

Two of France's scorers against Croatia have African roots: Paul Pogba's parents are from Guinea while Kylian Mbappe's parents are Cameroonians and Algerians.

Umtiti was born in Cameroon, Blaise Parents of Matuidi are Angolan and Congolese, the parents of N & # 39; Golo Kante are Malians while the father of Raphael Varane is from the island of Martinique Caribbean

On the team of 23 players , 16 have African roots, although Captain Hugo Lloris Antoine Griezmann and striker Olivier Giroud are of European origin

Maduro nevertheless congratulated the team for the "beautiful" way they have played and paid tribute to his ally and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for "the best World Cup in history The Venezuelan leader, who presided over the collapse of the country's economy and who was widely condemned for the repression of opponents, called on France and Europe as a whole to use this victory as a stepping stone to end the "It's enough racism in Europe against Africans, enough discrimination against migrants" , he said.

"Let's hope that France and Europe enjoy Africans and Latin Americans Maduro has a tense relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron, who accuses him of setting up a" dictatorship "in France. the South American country