🚨📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪: English outlet The Telegraph has published a minute-by-minute breakdown titled: "All 31 dirty tricks Argentina unleashed on England."
• 1' — Alexis Mac Allister caught Elliot Anderson late while pressing him.
• 2' — Leandro Paredes needlessly pushed Jude Bellingham in the back.
• 3' — Enzo Fernández arrived late on Anderson immediately after play restarted.
• 6' — Giuliano Simeone kicked the back of Anderson's foot.
• 11' — Fernández and Anderson wrestled on the ground while trying to get back up.
• 11' — Nicolás Tagliafico deliberately tripped Morgan Rogers during an England transition.
• 13' — Simeone flicked his foot towards Jordan Pickford following an offside decision.
• 15' — Paredes shouted at Bellingham while the England midfielder was down.
• 16' — Simeone brought Anthony Gordon down before giving him a patronising tap on the head.
• 24' — Simeone ignored the referee's warning and blocked Pickford at a corner.
• 28' — Mac Allister landed late on Reece James, but no foul was awarded.
• 31' — Fernández led a three-man attempt to stop Bellingham as he charged forward.
• 33' — Simeone led with his head while challenging Marc Guéhi from behind.
• 34' — Nahuel Molina charged into the back of Bellingham.
• 36' — Lionel Messi kicked out at Djed Spence after being brought down.
• 37' — Argentina's players frantically appealed for Harry Kane to be sent off.
• 41' — Lisandro Martínez pulled Rogers back to stop an England counter-attack.
• 45+1' — Someone on Argentina's bench threw a second ball onto the pitch to delay England's throw-in.
• 45+2' — Paredes left a high boot on Anderson shortly before half-time.
• HT — Messi and Fernández surrounded the referee and continued complaining towards the tunnel.
• 48' — Messi threw Bellingham into the advertising boards as they rolled off the pitch.
• 51' — Cristian Romero wrestled Bellingham to the ground with both arms.
• 53' — Simeone swung an arm into Spence's face without receiving a yellow card.
• 58' — Romero remained in Pickford's path as the goalkeeper attempted to claim the ball.
• 73' — Messi nudged Spence during an England throw-in.
• 85' — Romero celebrated Enzo's goal by screaming directly in Pickford's face.
• 88' — Argentina's players surrounded the referee after John Stones went down with a head injury.
• 90+2' — Gonzalo Montiel confronted Bellingham and gave him a mouthful.
• 90+7' — Emiliano Martínez caught a high ball before going down smiling to waste time.
• FT — Argentina's celebrations sparked a confrontation involving players from both teams.
• Post-match — Argentina's players posed with a banner reading: "Las Malvinas son Argentinas."
BREAKING : FIFA have investigated Argentina after the game for celebrating with a banner referencing the Falkland Islands and asserting sovereignty over the disputed territory.
They have made the decision to fine England for their involvement in the game, Argentina will start the final with a 1 goal lead and Spain will play without a goalkeeper.
Messi is said to be furious that the lead is not enough of an advantage and reiterated that the ruling demonstrates that nothing is handed to them on a plate.
🇦🇷🇪🇸 Alexis Mac Allister: “Football is becoming more and more physical…
…and that’s why it’s important that two teams who play good football have reached the final”.
Micah Richards was taking absolute pelters on social media throughout the England coverage last night.
Just search his name on here. People were saying he was on drugs, asking why he seemed so angry, why he was so twitchy, why he was speaking the way he was and calling him all sorts.
It’s a perfect example of why we should never assume we know what’s going on in someone’s life before judging or mocking them.
Hours before the game, Micah’s father passed away. Yet he still turned up and did his job. That takes incredible strength.
Just remember, think before you speak. You never know what someone is carrying behind the scenes.
They went back a whole minute to check VAR and cancel the goal for Egypt v Argentina
But couldn't go back a few seconds to check this Messi foul before Argentina second goal
Most shameless and rigged World Cup ever.
👀🇦🇷 Después de decir que esta vez el arbitraje no influyó, me pidieron revisar el partido con detalle y encontré esto.
Enzo Fernández, autor del gol del empate de Argentina, no debió terminar el encuentro.
Al minuto 3 lanzó un codazo en la nuca a un jugador inglés, sin ninguna posibilidad de disputar el balón. Si se hubiera aplicado el mismo rigor arbitral que vimos contra Suiza y Egipto, esa acción perfectamente pudo terminar en expulsión. Pero no solo no fue roja… ni siquiera fue amarilla.
Minutos después, el mismo Enzo cortó un contragolpe de Inglaterra con una zancadilla al borde del área. ¿La sanción? Tampoco hubo amarilla.
Desde el primer tiempo, Enzo debió estar expulsado. Si una acción así hubiera sido contra Messi, difícilmente el infractor se salvaría.
Por cierto, guarden el video porque la FIFA los anda borrando.
Every single word of this from @Tim_Vickery is spot on. You literally couldn’t say it better.
England had Argentina exactly where we wanted them and gave them the game.
Any England still in Miami?? Left something at my Airbnb and need someone to pick it up for me asap. I’m not able to go back and retrieve it
Please RT
#england#estc
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