Claims the World Cup has been “fixed” in favour of Lionel Messi’s Argentina reached fever pitch following their controversial win over Egypt
❌ Messi escapes red card
🟨 Second-fewest bookings
🇦🇷 All-Argentine officials for France game
🎲 Lopsided World Cup draw
🗣️ Infantino: I suffered with Argentina
...and more
Telegraph Sport looks at some of the claims that Argentina’s name is already on the trophy ⤵️
https://t.co/rAt1Bl5UsA
🚨💣🗣️ Referee Carlos Chandía:
“I didn’t give Lionel Messi a second yellow card in the 2007 Copa América semifinal because I didn’t want him to miss the final. I warned him instead and told him it would cost him his shirt. He gave it to me after the match.”
Been getting favored by referees since 2007! 🇦🇷🤝💰
‼️ PERIODISTAS COLOMBIANO confirma que al entrevistar a Lionel Messi tiene prohibido hablarle de Cristiano Ronaldo
(Toda la vida llevan diciéndonos que CR7 está obsesionado con Messi y le tiene odio o rencor, cuando al final siempre ha sido al revés)
FACTOS MATA RELATO
Bizarrap dijo ayer a DAZN que la FIFA le avisó ayer que tenía que darle el MVP a Messi
Pero por qué nadie se escandaliza? Por qué se permite que Infantino y la FIFA esté regalando un mundial a Argentina por 2ª vez?
The robbery against Egypt was even worse than the one against Cape Verde.
It reached the point where the players and coach openly called out Messi and Argentina for the blatant corruption.
La cresta, el cuello del polo subido, los 5 pasos hacia atrás, resoplar, la folha seca, los vídeos de skills… Gracias por darnos la mejor de las infancias.
Uf. Esto es durísimo. Ver así al jugador que más feliz me hizo me rompe por dentro. La gente que de verdad le quiere está orgulloso de su carrera. Su legado será irrepetible ❤️
Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.
🚨⚠️ OFFICIAL: Belgian Federation statement on Folarin Balogun red card case, saying they are “astonished”.
“The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play in the USA–Belgium match on Monday, 6 July at 5:00 p.m. (Seattle time).
FIFA bases its decision on Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code.
This provision states that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may decide to suspend the enforcement of a previously imposed disciplinary sanction.
However, Article 66.4 of the same FIFA Disciplinary Code clearly provides that a red card (sending-off) automatically results in a suspension for the team's next match, as has been the case for all previous red cards issued during this FIFA World Cup.
Furthermore, and irrespective of the above, the decision is in direct contradiction with the provisions of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Competition Regulations, as set out in Article 10.5:
"If a player or team official is sent off as a result of a direct or indirect red card (second caution), they will automatically be suspended from their team's subsequent match. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed.”
The automatic nature of such a suspension was also explicitly reaffirmed in FIFA World Cup 2026 Circular No. 16, which was distributed to all participating member associations on 12 May 2026.
The same rule is reiterated at every FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Coordination Meeting prior to each match and is included in all FIFA World Cup 2026 workshop presentations.
❗️In order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options.”