Romelu Lukaku

French national soccer players of immigrant ancestry face harsher critics at the World Cup

July 12, 2018Sports

The synergy that has propelled the French national team to the title game in the most recent World Cup in Russia has been colorblind — but French citizens and fans have not.

A Belgium fan shouts before the 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match between Belgium and Algeria at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte

If you like your soccer relationships complicated, then support Belgium during this World Cup

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