There was some kind of campaign against not only argentina but south american teams in general. Futbol is a physical, contact permitted sport. Literally a part of the rules. When European teams have large capable players using their force it gets lauded as athletic and a wonderful display of physicality.
When south american teams do it they’re called dirty and cheaters.
Borderline racist to be honest.
Did the Argentinian players behave like idiots post Spain loss? Yeah, paredes and molina were idiots. Does any coverage of the Spanish player instigations get news coverage? Fat chance, even though fifa reviews also found them at fault and they too were penalized. Gavi even came out on record to say paredes shouldn’t have been penalized. I don’t agree but it demonstrates an understanding that the game gets heated and altercations like this can happen. The reporting and narrative though is wild.
There was some kind of campaign against not only argentina but south american teams in general. Futbol is a physical, contact permitted sport. Literally a part of the rules. When European teams have large capable players using their force it gets lauded as athletic and a wonderful display of physicality.
When south american teams do it they’re called dirty and cheaters.
Borderline racist to be honest.
Did the Argentinian players behave like idiots post Spain loss? Yeah, paredes and molina were idiots. Does any coverage of the Spanish player instigations get news coverage? Fat chance, even though fifa reviews also found them at fault and they too were penalized. Gavi even came out on record to say paredes shouldn’t have been penalized. I don’t agree but it demonstrates an understanding that the game gets heated and altercations like this can happen. The reporting and narrative though is wild.
100% agree.