Chelsea reportedly deleted a social media post celebrating Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez after it prompted an immediate backlash from supporters following England\u2019s World Cup exit.<\/strong><\/p>\n Fern\u00e1ndez scored Argentina\u2019s equaliser during their 2-1 semi-final victory over Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side in Atlanta on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The midfielder curled a long-range effort beyond Jordan Pickford in the 85th minute before Lautaro Mart\u00ednez completed the comeback during stoppage time.<\/p>\n Chelsea later shared an image of Fern\u00e1ndez cupping his ears during the celebrations. However, the post was quickly removed after some supporters questioned why an English club was publicly celebrating a goal which contributed to England\u2019s elimination.<\/p>\n According to\u00a0talkSPORT, fans described the post as inappropriate and criticised the club\u2019s social media team for failing to acknowledge the England players involved.<\/p>\n The controversy comes at a sensitive time for Fern\u00e1ndez and Chelsea.<\/p>\n The Argentina international has recently been linked with Real Madrid, although the Spanish club publicly denied making a direct or indirect attempt to sign him.<\/p>\n Xabi Alonso has made his position clear. The Chelsea head coach confirmed he wants Fern\u00e1ndez to remain at Stamford Bridge following private discussions with the midfielder.<\/p>\n As\u00a0Read Chelsea reported, Alonso gave a direct \u201cyes\u201d when asked whether Fern\u00e1ndez was part of his plans for the new season.<\/p>\n Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s goal sent Argentina towards Sunday\u2019s World Cup final against Spain and continued an outstanding individual tournament.<\/p>\n Chelsea were entitled to recognise their player\u2019s achievement. However, the decision to celebrate the goal without referencing England\u2019s defeat created an avoidable reaction among sections of the fanbase.<\/p>\n Manchester United adopted a more balanced approach by congratulating Lisandro Mart\u00ednez while also offering commiserations to their England players.<\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s rapid deletion suggests the club accepted its original post had misjudged the mood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea reportedly deleted a social media post celebrating Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez after it prompted an immediate…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readchelsea\/2026\/07\/enzo-fernandez-chelsea-post.jpg.webp\")
<\/figure>\nChelsea face awkward Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez reaction<\/h2>\n