🚨🗣️ Joan Laporta on the World Cup final:
"If the referee in the World Cup final imposes himself, Spain has more chances of winning... But the referee must impose himself."
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: It is now reported that Valentin Barco, the player Jude Bellingham slapped in the head, spent time provoking English players throughout the match.
· When Enzo Fernandez equalized the match, Valentin Barco went on to the English players to taunt them instead of joining his teammates.
· Jude Bellingham had just shaken hands with an Argentinian player when Barco arrived to celebrate with a group of teammates, and that's when Bellingham slapped his head.
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Argentina's route to the World Cup semifinals, based on their opponents' FIFA rankings before the tournament:
· Algeria (28th)
· Austria (24th)
· Jordan (63rd)
· Cape Verde (67th)
· Egypt (29th)
· Switzerland (19th)
With an average opponent ranking of 38th, Argentina have faced the easiest overall path to a World Cup semifinal in the tournament's history.
— @2010MisterChip
🚨 𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘: The controversy refuses to die.
• Algeria filed a complaint.
• Egypt filed a complaint.
• The European Parliament is demanding an investigation into the FIFA president.
• Garry Kasparov spoke about the scandal.
• José Mourinho spoke about the scandal.
• Jamie Carragher spoke about the scandal.
• Alan Shearer spoke about the scandal.
• Rio Ferdinand spoke about the scandal.
• Roy Keane spoke about the scandal.
Whether people agree or not, the perception that Argentina have been favored is no longer coming from just one fanbase—it's now part of a much wider debate.
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The FBI is investigating the finances of the Argentine Football Association in the United States for alleged fraud and money laundering.
— @LANACION
🚨🗣️ Mostafa Ziko: "Congratulations to Argentina on the World Cup; the tournament was rigged, they didn't need anything else."
"The referee was unfair, unfair, unfair, unfair."