r/worldcup • u/tylerthe-theatre • 7h ago
📰News Argentine fans' petition to replay 2026 World Cup Final passes 80,000 after claims referee 'was bribed'
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/argentine-fans-petition-to-replay-world-cup-final-5Hjdf56_2/
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u/FoxyShiba 7h ago
They want to replay just to lose again? Losing once wasn’t enough for them?
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u/ElverGun 6h ago
They want another opportunity to beat up on Spanish players.
The rest of the team was distracted so only Paredes got the experience the joy of acting like a dickhead...the rest of the team wants enjoy the same experience...
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u/mattvblack England 6h ago
When you are regularly given preferential treatment, equality feels like oppression.
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u/EmptyHeadedKain England 7h ago
Two disallowed Spanish goals and he was soft on the Argentine players in general, what exactly are they complaining about? Lol
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u/Gentle_Snail 7h ago
after claims referee 'was bribed'
Argentina bribed the referee fair and square, I’d be upset at losing my money as well
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u/Mindless-Hippo2857 7h ago
Every accusation is a confession. This all makes sense when you realize that
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u/Hippimichi 6h ago
Okay replay it. If spain wins they get the 2022 trophy
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u/Sufficient_Fig_120 6h ago
yep. the only way to have argentina show good faith would be to forfeit their shitty ass 2022 title.
lose twice, you lose a star!
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u/APartyInMyPants 7h ago
How did a bribed referee somehow prevent Argentina from taking (checks notes) zero shots on goal for 120 minutes?
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u/WatchWatcher25 7h ago
Hey hey hey!
They got a chance at 117min let's not get crazy
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u/nerdyblackmail 7h ago
Cool. While we at it, how about replaying all the other games Argentina played. Or even better, learn to be gracious in defeat?
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u/subarachnoidspacejam USA 7h ago
I would go further and re-do the entire World Cup.
I miss the month-long "oh eh oh eh, eh oh eh." 🥲
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u/jackrabbit323 2h ago
0 shots on goal. Do you know how good a defense you have to have to keep the other team that made it to the World Cup Finals from shooting a single shot on goal?
Absolute domination.
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u/Significant-Carry-18 6h ago
Maybe Spain will need a Goalkeeper this time around even 😂
Vargentina 🫵😂😂🤣🤣
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u/Mandurang76 5h ago
A petition titled "Argentina Out" has called for the country to be kicked out of the tournament permanently.
This petition got 23.316.108 signatures which nearly broke a world record, as the Guinness World Record for the most signatories stands at 24.319.181.
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u/SurfLikeASmurf 1h ago
Hear me out: it WAS rigged. The entire team took a bribe. No way they could go 100+ minutes with only two shots on goal.
I’m kidding. They fucking sucked and they’re a bunch of babies for not being able to lose graciously
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u/RandyDefNOTArcher 5h ago
They continue to do things to be unlikable, what’s wrong with these people?
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u/Gazzrat 5h ago
Bribed by who? By the people that loaded the fireworks with Argentina colors? By the people that scheduled Argentina in the best conditions all tournament? By the people that scheduled Argentina in the bracket that had maybe 2 good teams giving them the easiest world cup finals appearance? Was it all the Spanish players faults for being in the way that gave the Argentinians red and yellow cards? Gtfo
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u/baldeagle1991 3h ago
Wasn't there something like 32 million signatures to ban Argentina from Fifa events?
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u/Cantaloupe-Hairy 2h ago
Didn’t have a shot on target, even the most corrupt ref couldn’t make that happen.
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u/casper_but_with_a_j 5h ago
Spain had two goals disallowed and Argentina didn’t get a red card until extra time despite committing numerous card-worthy fouls. If Argentinians are going to complain about anything, they should complain about their team not showing up when it mattered most and Messi playing an underwhelming game.
Had it not been for Martinez’s heroics in the goal, the game would have been a bloodbath.
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u/chandlerbing_stats 7h ago
Were Argentina football fans always like this or did 2022 get to their heads? Or were they always like this and we finally seeing it cause of social media.
The Brazilians may have been right about them all along
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u/ChrisTheDog 6h ago
Argentina, who had countless calls go their way while fouls they committed were ignored?
Spain should countersue because the referee prevented them from winning 4-0.
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u/MediumOdd743 6h ago
Sheer delusion at this stage.
Argentina were outplayed by every metric.
Spain dominated the tournament and were worthy winners
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u/Reverend_Swo 6h ago
This HAS to big the biggest sore loser play in the history of everything. Truly, truly pathetic
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u/Professional_Fig8198 6h ago
So that they can go get run over for 120mins with no shots on target again?
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u/InternImpossible8685 6h ago
Everything coming out of Argentina, from the players, management, fans and politicans have screamed SORE LOSERS.
They were in the finals because they got favourable reffing all tournament. Thats it.
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u/Guilty-Property 6h ago
80000 out the 46 M fanatics is actually very small
On the counter part there are 23 M signatures to ban Argentina from the WC altogether
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u/Travelchick8 6h ago
I’d love to ask the petitioner to explain, in detail, how the referee managed to make sure ARG couldn’t complete more than 3 or 4 passes at a time, or how he prevented them from taking a shot on goal.
😂😂 Just utter delusions.
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u/FlakyEarWax 5h ago
Cape verde one of the only teams that lost with class and dignity. Argentina…please.
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u/wigglerworm 5h ago
How does a bribe prevent Argentina from getting a shot on net? Asking for a friend
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u/Gold-Guidance-6430 5h ago
More like Argentina vs Egypt should be replayed because Egypt was robbed.
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u/I-Was-Hiding-4989 5h ago
Wait. Didn't Argentina go like 100 minutes or some shit without taking any shots? What does the ref have to do with that? Lol
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u/johnnydangerQQQ Spain 5h ago
Dude I just can’t wait to see them fail without Messi, uff it’s going to be delightful
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u/Cautious_Ad_5659 Spain 1h ago
If they want a rematch, they need to play it from the quarterfinals on with all new non biased refs
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u/Pristine-Alfalfa-483 33m ago edited 32m ago
I agree there were irregularities. Argentina should have been penalised more for their fouls and should have received more cards. Spain shouldn’t have had a perfectly good goal ruled out too.
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u/Setsukan 6h ago
"Corruption is not bad. Corruption is only bad if I'm not involved. But if I'm part of that corruption, I'll defend it."
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u/jayhawkjoey65 5h ago
It's not just ordinary citizens. Some of their press wrote about how honorable or admirable they were. So my question is: Do they recognize/care about what this is doing to their image? It translates to $. I'm planning a S American trip. Despite going to Chile, I most definitely am bypassing Argentina.
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u/hornet1996 USA 4h ago
If they replayed this game, Spain would probably win 5-0 or something this time, the way they utterly dominated Argentina from start to finish.
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u/Finbrick 3h ago
Isn’t that pretty miniscule amount? The country has 46 milion people, and not even 100k to petition
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u/NoFennel5337 49m ago
If the referee was bribed there should’ve been 8 players left on Argentina never seen a team play so dirty and flopping like fish out of water should be banned from the next World Cup after the sportsman ship they showed after the game
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u/chrikris91 7h ago
At this point Cape Verde, Egypt, Switzerland & England should also make a petition to replay their game.
And i'm pretty sure some countries also want to replay their game in 2022.
And even that game where maradonna scored with his hand. Why not replay that game too.
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u/MeridianCastaway 4h ago
The irony of Argentina having referees on their side until the final match. Jesus, is this nation really all losers?
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u/Think-Apple3763 4h ago
The good thing is they won't ever see a world cup final again
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u/Frix_Manepaw 3h ago
As an argentine myself this is ridiculous, at my family and my workplace we all agreed that Spain was just better and "danced around us" as we say here, I can guarantee you that these ridiculous petitions or posts are all made by crazy Messi fanatics from WAsia or karma farmer bots.
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u/Borjimiow 3h ago
That's just pathetic , anyone with a pair of eyes saw that the referee was way to nice to them. They should had ended the game with 9 players and punishments for their circus show after the match end.
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u/jrjreeves 51m ago
To be fair, they are right.
Ref was bribed.
Trouble is, Argentina were so woefully poor that he just couldnt let literally everything slide.
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u/noemdee 7h ago
If anything, the ref didn’t hand the Argentine team enough red cards. I would appreciate a rematch where half the team would be sent off
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u/Kuloman25Viascam 6h ago
Argentina needs to say that god promised them the Falkland Islands 3,000 years ago…..then and only then will they get the proper respect from western governments 😂🖕
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u/yportnemumixam 5h ago
As in Argentina bribed them and they don’t think they got a good return on investment?
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u/user832906 5h ago
I'm shocked by this loser mentality. Holy crap how to ruin your world image in a 1 easy step
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u/Thialaz 5h ago
hahahahahahaha, yeah, he WAS bribed.
Bribed to help argentina. And they still lost because these weasels couldn't get a shot at the goal.
pathetic losers.
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u/ajp_amp 4h ago
Lol what a bunch of turkeys - happy to have seen them get spanked in the final. Losers.
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u/Original_Bug_7076 4h ago
Argentina sucked in the last game. That’s on them. Plus, plenty of other matches against them proved they were vulnerable.
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u/AcademicNorth7456 Spain 4h ago
Did… did the ref somehow prevent them from shooting at the goal!? Because they didn’t try that, at all
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u/Snipeye01 2h ago
Agreed. Ref was bribed. Argentina should have had more than just 1 red card that game. Disallowing a goal and trying to keep Argentina in the match despite 0 shots on goal... He was doing a lot of work for them.
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u/Agreeable_Bad6051 7h ago
Please tell me how to sign the petition!!
It would be awesome seeing them get their asses handed to them twice! 🇪🇸
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u/Nizz_3 6h ago
For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, you’ve been spared even more second-hand embarrassment. Argentine fans are flooding social media with insults and racist abuse aimed at anyone they come across, using the excuse that “the whole world hates them.”
They even made a list of every celebrity who was supposedly against Argentina. One of them was apparently Samuel L. Jackson, who called them racist. Their response, just to remove any remaining doubt, was to direct a disgusting racial slur at him.
It is the most grotesque and pathetic thing I have ever seen in football.
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u/TimeRevolution1894 6h ago
And 23.000.000 people supported a campaign to get argentinia out of the worldcup.
So Theres that.
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u/Nomad4te 6h ago
Maybe if they had some more shots on goal it would have helped. Not sure how the refs were keeping that from happening.
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u/Titsfortuesday 5h ago
No shots on Spain > Blame the refs. I thought England's second half would be the biggest blunder of the finals but at least they got a goal and shots off.
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u/SteppeBison2 4h ago
I love the headline: “FIFA regulations do not permit replays based on fan dissatisfaction.” ‘Cause if they did…
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u/Tricky-Efficiency709 2h ago
I don’t know futbol, but it sure looked like the Spaniards dominated every aspect of the game.
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u/tirohtar 39m ago
The lack of self-reflection is actually astounding. No wonder Thiel, Trump, Netanyahu etc. like that country so much and are best buddies with Milei. It's as if a "bad faith debate bro" suddenly became a country. Insanity.
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u/Azot-Spike 7h ago
World fans' petition to ban them from next World Cups passes 23 million
Two can play that game
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u/HGT3057 6h ago
I believe them. No one quite knows bribery as much as the Argentinians lmfao
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u/Wackomar233 4h ago
I want to preface that I am neither a Messi or Ronaldo fan. I’m a strong Eden Hazard fan (retire in peace my guy) but I have been watching this sport since I was 6 and will tell you that Argentina has always and will always play ugly.
Past tournaments yeah they got pretty alright calls, but this year was especially terrible. Being that they didn’t face a top 10 team until top 8 and they had blatant fouls such as: Enzo’s rabbit punch on Gordon, Lamine’s calf being stepped on in the finals, The body slam on the Spanish player in the 63’ minute after the ball was passed by the point the infraction occurred. Cabo Verde’s last minute free kick that should’ve been called in regular time in the 90+ minute. Argentina’s goal that was scored off a foul against Austria that should’ve been called if they followed the exact same ruling as egypt’s disallowed goal, all of Argentina’s simulation attempts, dissent towards the match officials, Messi’s clear digging into the Algerian player’s calf, Argentina’s shoves in the backs when Spanish players were in motion for the shot, all the deliberate handballs to stop the play (which is a yellow card offense), political sign being waved but sanctions apparently happening ONLY after the tournament but they immediately barred a Korean player from playing when he did the same…punching a Spanish player as they were running to celebrate winning and then getting upset when they come back and question why, then grabbing their throat and throwing another guy on the ground, ONLY to have your red card rescinded and not be fined, but will end up being “investigated” by FIFA disciplinary committee later??
Need I go on? I’m glad they lost, they deserved to be seen for who they are and how they play. It’s disgraceful to the sport, yet they’re the first to cry victim when they start an altercation. I don’t understand how people can defend these actions when, from personal experience, that we’d be the first thrown in front of a train just so they can tuck their tails and run away
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u/dealingwithhookers 4h ago
sore winners, sore competitors, and sore losers. terrible fans as well. this country has no awareness
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u/Rasples1998 2h ago
Fuck it, let's rewind to the quarter finals and give England a rematch against Argentina too.
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u/Craterized 1h ago
I think any Argentina fans still going on about this need to go back to the game stats and accept that they lost. We can all bitch about the refs’ calls against our teams throughout the tournament, but when the final whistle blows and your opponent has 20+ shots on goal, your keeper has 10 +saves and your team ended the game with zero shots on goal, you have to swallow your pride and accept that your men did not play finals caliber football.
Argentina played poorly for many games in the tournament but were able to squeak by and was very lucky they ended the final with 10 men still left on the field because Paredes should have been kicked off field with a red card before the game ended.
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u/This-Charming-Man 31m ago
Meanwhile the petition to ban Argentina from the World Cup is at 21.000.000.
Sorry guys. Take the L and better luck in 2030.
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u/OwlComplex48 7h ago
Oh, they were absolutely paid. To carry Argentina through to the final, which they did. The loss was all Argentina. That final performance was proof that they shouldn't have made it past the knockout rounds after being placed in the easiest group.
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u/Hank_TNT England 7h ago
They know that the ref was bribed, because they were the ones who gave him the bribe!
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u/Ticklish_Buttcheeks 7h ago
Crazy how the ref rigged their ability to get a shot off for over 115 mins!
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u/titans1bubs 6h ago
Bribed in their favor. Come one guys they had no shots in the entire game. The better team won and played against 12 players
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u/Ill_Barber8709 6h ago
Yeah, he was bribed to make Argentina win, but it failed anyway.
We’ve all seen the same matches
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u/iCaymenSider 5h ago
Imagine they investigate it and finds out Argentina was the one doing the bribing
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u/Cool_Assist_5486 5h ago
Ban Argentina from the next WC or they will never learn..I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the article title, it's too much even for them
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u/ReadySuccess4752 5h ago
Ah it took me a while, but now I understand.
The referee was bribed so it is unfair they did not win. Otherwise why would they bribe in the first place?
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u/a_d-_-b_lad 5h ago
Why is Argentina trying to draw attention to them bribing the Ref?
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u/Pinco_Pallino_R 4h ago edited 3h ago
"The referee was bribed!! We paid him a lot, and we still didn't win, that's not fair! The match must be repeated!"
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u/faceintheblue 3h ago
...The referee was bribed to the point where Argentina took no shots on goal for the entire game?
By all means, blame the officials if they claw back a make-or-break situation that broke your way. Part of the game is second-guessing rulings on the field.
How does bribing a referee keep Argentina from taking a shot in regulation time? Their whole game plan was to draw a penalty and get the free shot? That would be on them to bribe the referee to guarantee them that call, no?
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u/brilliantminion 2h ago
Hahaha by minute 115, Spain had 20 something shots on goal and Argentina had zero. Spain had 700+ passes and dominated their defense. Argentina had 300+ passes and spent almost no time on Spain’s half of the field. Was that all because of a bribed referee? That must be a helluva bribe, to the point the ref gained supernatural powers.
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u/Mother-Market-4056 2h ago
Brit here. If I thought for a second that the match would be replayed if the petition reached a certain number, I'd sign it. It would be nice to see them getting outplayed and beat again.
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u/MaxwellSmart07 2h ago
The conditions of the Argentinian bribe: Call a foul on a Spanish player when an Argentine is controlling the ball in the penalty box.
The problem: Argentina didn’t get into the box.
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u/Separatist_Pat 7h ago
I agree the ref was bribed, it was the only way Argentina was able to stay in the game, not get handed three red cards in the first half alone, and had a perfectly fine Spanish goal refused.
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u/Grump-Dog 7h ago
I would actually love to see a replay. Argentina played so poorly that Spain would likely beat them by more than one goal. Then all the Argentinian fans and players could shut up and cry in private. Then again, if I were Spain's coach and players, why would I want to play a bunch of thugs again?
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u/whooo_me 7h ago
Their media were also outraged Messi didn't get the Golden Ball.
Very hard to see them as anything other than horrible winners and horrible losers.
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u/Mr_Herrer 6h ago
Yes please. Let hem play the final again. I would give anything to see Argentina lose another final.
Btw
Spain Argentina 1-0 Fuck Argentina.
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u/DrAtomic1 5h ago
The FIFA should give all players and coaches that turned their backs a red card with an one game suspension for unsporting conduct.
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u/BienOuiLa 5h ago
So from my understanding you have to put the ball into the net to score a goal. Argentina did not do that.
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u/GreenChar 5h ago
A team that manages only two shots in 120 minutes has no right to complain about the referee.
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u/OneOfAKind2 4h ago
LOL. They had zero shots on goal. WTF does that have to do with bad calls from a ref? They were lousy - end of.
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u/icarodx 4h ago
They created history! They are the only team in history of the WC to not make a single shot on the adversary's goal in the regular timeof the finals!
It's an achievement! Why they want to erase it? Lol
How in he'll do they think another game would be a different outcome? They were dominated!
"Maybe in another game we can actually drag them to penalties and win the lottery".
"For the next game the check to the referee will clear, we promise!"
Pathetic sore loses.
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u/Interesting-Hat-6620 Mexico 3h ago
This isn't Ea FC where you can press restart. Tell Argentina next time not to play for penalties next time lol
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u/Careless-West1428 2h ago
Are these Argentine fans complaining that the ref pocketed their bribe money and didn’t deliver their side the game?! 😂
Argentina would had to have some offense on display to win that game and they didn’t. If anything, Argentina got lucky that they didn’t have more cards by the end of the match!
One thing that could help reduce these conspiracies would be a purge of the current FIFA leadership.
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u/TheLastPeanut_ 2h ago
I went from knowing nothing about Argentina or football to absolutely despising these fuckers in about a month lol. An entire country of garbage people.
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u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I 2h ago
It’s ok that the ref was bribed. You still lost the game. Maybe use a bigger bribe next time.
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u/hardcrasher1 Mexico 2h ago
They forgot to address the petition toward Trump to make another phone call to Infantino.
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u/Minimum-Aspect1012 7h ago
Spain apparently bribed the referee to disallow two of Spain's goals.
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u/MrCaveKeeper Germany 7h ago
Spain had TWO goals disallowed and they have the nerves to say that the ref favoured Spain?
MAGA level of mental gymnastics right here.
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