The fervent embrace of the star by a community in dire need of a hero is noteworthy as racism rises across the world. The star's cold-shouldering of Macron after France's defeat in the final too is being seen as an image of Black defiance...
DOHA: When Adrien Rabiot, who was not at full fitness after his bout of flu yet plugged the holes in the French midfield all evening in the final, was taken off four minutes from time and replaced by Youssouf Fofana, it marked a strange moment in the French line-up, and football's history.
