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‘A despicable woman’: Kylian Mbappé hits out at Paraguayan senator over racist attack

<ul><li><p>Celeste Amarilla called striker a ‘colonised Cameroonian’</p></li><li><p>French Football Federation to file criminal charges</p></li></ul><p>France’s Kylian Mbappé has hit back at a Paraguayan senator, describing her ⁠as a “despicable woman” after she launched a racist attack on him. Mbappé’s ⁠penalty proved ​the difference in an ill-tempered match as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/05/paraguay-france-last-16-world-cup-match-report">France beat Paraguay 1-0</a> in Philadelphia on Saturday to advance ⁠to the quarter-finals.</p><p>Celeste Amarilla wrote a long tirade on X, describing Mbappé 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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/06/a-despicable-women-kylian-mbappe-hits-out-at-paraguayan-senator-over-racist-attack">Continue reading...</a>