Filipino netizens divided on Alphonse Areola’s World Cup win
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Alphonse Areola is officially the first Filipino to win a World Cup championship. However, Filipinos have diverse sentiments on the achievement as Alphonse did not accomplish it carrying a Filipino flag but a French one. Born to Filipino parents in PariFilipino netizens divided on Alphonse Areola’s World Cup win
Alphonse Areola is officially the first Filipino to win a World Cup championship. However, Filipinos have diverse sentiments on the achievement as Alphonse did not accomplish it carrying a Filipino flag but a French one. Born to Filipino parents in Paris, Alphonse has already won two World Cup championships for France: the 2013 U-20 (Under 20 years old) World Cup, and Sunday's 2018 World Cup championship. READ: PH pride: World Cup champion France's goalkeeper is Filipino Alphonse, one of France's soccer national team's three goalkeepers, posted a photo of him holding the World Cup trophy and he captioned it: «KEEP CALM! The World Cup is here! CHAMPION DU MONDE!» Filipi...Keep on reading: Filipino netizens divided on Alphonse Areola’s World Cup win Read more