Argentina Faces Disciplinary Action Over Falklands Banner

And here I thought political statements etc were not allowed by players during the world cup.

Silly me.

There will of course be consequences......right ?

14 minutes ago, blaze master said:

And here I thought political statements etc were not allowed by players during the world cup.

Silly me.

There will of course be consequences......right ?

A little bit woke thinking there should be penalties ? I mean, ?

Just an honest request and kick in the balls

20 minutes ago, Hummin said:

A little bit woke thinking there should be penalties ? I mean, ?

Read up its the rules not me.

The Argies have a legitimate grass fed beef.

6 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Read up its the rules not me.

It was two players, not the whole team, so I do not see why Argentina as a team should face any serious punishment. There is a long history of political protests in sport, and the usual consequences have been fines or individual sanctions, not punishing an entire team or changing a result.

Btw, the woke comment, was jut a joke, bad joke

18 minutes ago, Hummin said:

It was two players, not the whole team, so I do not see why Argentina as a team should face any serious punishment. There is a long history of political protests in sport, and the usual consequences have been fines or individual sanctions, not punishing an entire team or changing a result.

Btw, the woke comment, was jut a joke, bad joke

Those 2 players represent the team at all times.

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

It was two players, not the whole team, so I do not see why Argentina as a team should face any serious punishment. There is a long history of political protests in sport, and the usual consequences have been fines or individual sanctions, not punishing an entire team or changing a result.

Btw, the woke comment, was jut a joke, bad joke

The whole team have been filmed chanting, "Las Malvinas son Argentinas", so they are all individually deserving of sanction.

3 hours ago, blaze master said:

And here I thought political statements etc were not allowed by players during the world cup.

Silly me.

There will of course be consequences......right ?

Yeah but this is Argentina innit ....

Don't count on Trump's help!

Just read there were serious negotiations going

on to hand the Islands back , too costly , then the Argies

jumped the gun a bit and Maggie needed a

political boost .

Could never happen today of course !

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

Consequences? Grow up.

If they had a banner saying "Free Palestine", "From the river to the sea" or "Hamas are freedom fighters" you'd be hailing them as brave, good people, doing the right thing etc.

Same if they had rainbow laces or whatever.

What is it with your ilk and double standards. 😄

I think you have me confused with someone else. You've misinterpreted my comment.

Another £20k fine against the AFA would be my guess.

Any match ban or individual player ban is unlikely imho, FIFA is already in the spotlight so will most likely choose a solution that will not affect the WC.

1 hour ago, JAG said:

The British settled the uninhabited islands 60 odd years before Argentina even existed.

Argentina invaded the Islands in 1982 in an attempt by the fascist and murderous junta regime to reverse its crumbling popularity.

There is a lot more to the history than that.

There are credible narratives to support both sides of the Falklands?Malvinas conflict. Personally, I have been persuaded that the Argentinian side is better from the sense of history and fairness but the UK side beats that based on the practical reality and desires of the population that actually lives there.

Argentinian governments from the left or right are never going to give up on their claim of the islands but that doesn't mean they'll ever get them.

Yeah of course rules are rules for FIFA.

Really? Who cares?

They played us off the park after we scored. England's players were more worried about whether they'd remembered to wear their rainbow laces and/or take a knee for that fentanyl addict.

The Argies gave zero F's. Winning mentality. No Woke nonsense. No pandering to the mob. Real men. Good luck to them, hopefully England's players will learn from this. The coach is German and made possibly the worst substitutions and tactical moves in the history of the World Cup. Clowns.

The pillock below managed to get booked and break his arm without even playing a game. They got what they deserved.

Probably over 99 percent of Argentinians think Las Malvinas Son Argentinas..

The arrogance of the UK side thinking they're all crazy or wrong.

19 hours ago, blaze master said:

And here I thought political statements etc were not allowed by players during the world cup.

Silly me.

There will of course be consequences......right ?

16 hours ago, RayC said:

The whole team have been filmed chanting, "Las Malvinas son Argentinas", so they are all individually deserving of sanction.

The more fuss about it, the less sympathy for England. The only ones who win from this are Argentina. The rest of the world does not care, only England.

16 minutes ago, sungod said:

The arrogance of making such a statement when those who live on the Falklands overwhelmingly want to be British.

I already noted the importance of that before on this topic.

There indeed is massive arrogance on both sides.

I've seen a difference though.

Argentinians are usually willing to acknowledge the UK narrative.

UK people on the other hand totally dismiss Argentinian claims as out of hand.

Why punish them. It's historical!

It's the exact same flag they flew over Port Stanley in 1982 just with writing added.

The Argies can try and take it back....no one is stopping them.

4 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

The Argies can try and take it back....no one is stopping them.

They don't want another war.

As hopeless a cause as it is for Argentinians, it is a time honored way to unite all Argentinians (aside from football) with any politics so their politicians will never shut up about it.