I remember Sohel Bhai, one of the seniors saying something about his experience with Argentines that would support the above views....
Though there are subplots
1) Within Argentina, Maradona is not liked by a large group who think he presents a crass image of Argentines to the world, as they are supposed to be more refined (though any youtube video of their fans in tournaments shows refined is not a word to be used in their football)
2) In Brazil there is supposedly a huge division between Euro Brazilians (of whom there are very few in the current team except maybe the GK), and darker ones. But still race relations are supposedly better than in a similarly multi cultural nation like South Africa
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