France international Jean-Clair Todibo has been requested by the French football federation (FFF) to explain why he laughed during a minute's silence before last week's Euro 2024 qualifier.
⚽️ Le comité éthique de la FFF va demander des explications à Jean-Clair Todibo pour son comportement lors de la minute de silence. 🇫🇷
— SPORTS ZONE (@SportsZone__) October 16, 2023
Pour rappel, le joueur a eu un rire nerveux en se voyant sur les écrans géants.
Trouvez-vous la démarche excessive ? ❓pic.twitter.com/pwoYpzUnzd
Cameras caught the 23-year-old Nice defender laughing during the tribute to the victims of the conflict between Hamas and Israel.
The minute's silence, which took before France's 2-1 win over the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday, also paid tribute to a teacher killed last week in the northern French city of Arras in what the government called an Islamist terror attack.
On Monday, the FFF's national ethics council sent a letter to Todibo to ask him to explain himself, its president Patrick Anton told AFP.
Todibo is in the France team squad for Tuesday's friendly match against Scotland in Lille.
French football player Jean-Clair Todibo laughs during the minute of silence for the teacher whose throat was slit in Arras.pic.twitter.com/ZvOnhJIst7
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