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France international Kylian Mbappe on Sunday accused the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) of ignoring racist abuse after his penalty miss at Euro 2020.
The Paris Saint-Germain star's decisive spot-kick against Switzerland was saved in the last-16 shootout, resulting in the world champions exiting the tournament.
The 23-year-old was vilified on social media by furious fans, and even considered quitting the national team as a result. In an interview with a Sunday newspaper, FFF president Noel Le Graet spoke of the lack of support Mbappe had felt after the Euro elimination.
Le Graet said "he (Mbappe) considered that the federation had not defended him after his missed penalty and the criticism on social media networks".
We saw seen each other for five minutes in my office," continued Le Graet, adding the striker "no longer wanted to play in the French team - which he obviously did not think".
On Sunday, Kylian Mbappe responded on Twitter, regretting that Le Graet had not taken into account the "racism" of which he would have been a victim.
"Yes finally I explained to him (Le Graet) above all that it was in relation to racism, and NOT to the penalty," Mbappe said.
"But he considered that there had been no racism..."
Le Graet had already come under fire last September after declaring that racism in football "does not exist or hardly exists".
A few months before the Paris prosecutor's office announced it was investigating racist messages towards certain French international players after the Euros.
On Saturday, FIFA published a report pointing to the increase in the number of insults against footballers on social media.
According to this study, 38 percent of them were racist in nature.
Speaking at the time, the PSG star made it clear that he would drop out of Didier Deschamps' squad if he was ever considered a "problem".
He said: "I have never taken a single euro to play for the French national team and I will always play for my national team for free. Above all, I never wanted to be a problem.
"But from the moment where I felt like that I was starting to become a problem and that people felt I was a problem… I received the message, that my ego was what made us lose, that I wanted to take up too much space, and that without me, therefore, we might have won.