Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Group F - Hungary v France - Puskas Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 19, 2021 France's Antoine Griezmann celebrates scoring their first goal with Ousmane Dembele Pool via REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
(Reuters) - Barcelona forwards Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann have apologised for a 2019 video appearing to mock hotel staff in Japan but denied their comments were racist.
The video, recorded by Dembele during Barcelona's pre-season tour of Japan ahead of the 2019-20 season, was leaked on social media and showed both players laughing at a group of hotel staff who were working to fix a television.
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