If there is a sports journalist who does not have his tongue in his pocket, it is Daniel Riolo. Known for having created numerous controversies and often pointed out by his detractors, in particular for his fierce disenchantment with Marco Verratti, the 52-year-old journalist likes to put his finger where it hurts. Recently, he found himself at the heart of a controversy involving the star of the Blues, Kylian Mbappé. “He would have done two, three bullshit. There are things circulating that are not brilliant”he had declared on the RMC antenna, in the program After Football. Words that did not at all please the player’s family and in particular his mother, who had quickly indicated that he was considering filing a complaint for defamation.
Faced with the controversy, the companion of Géraldine Maillet had wanted to make amends and the story ended there. Not long ago, he also spoke about the case that is currently shaking women’s football, the attack on Kheira Hamraoui and the many repercussions it has had. Believing the 32-year-old has been “dragged in the mud”, Daniel Riolo was particularly vehement and it was not the performance of the France U18 team yesterday that calmed him down, far from it… Present in the final of the Toulon tournament, the under-18s France lost in the final 2-0 against Poland. If nothing appears unusual in this, the situation is nevertheless incredible since the match did not go to an end.
They are children who grow up in France and given the state of our society and authority in this country…
Indeed, young French people have received 4 red cards during the game, forcing the referee to whistle the end of the match and the defeat of France. A performance that made Daniel Riolo fulminate on the air last night. “These are good shitty attitudes and little scum. It is a national selection which depends on the French Football Federation which is on the street. They are children who grow up in France and given the state of our society and authority in this country… That does not surprise me”he lamented on his show.
Visibly very upset against the younger generation, Daniel Riolo did not mince his words to describe the attitude of the players of the France U18 team.