Funnily enough, I had the complete opposite experience with Argentina fans.
It’s funny because I always told myself that I would only support Argentina while Messi played for them.
However, this World Cup changed everything for me.
I had once fallen victim to the propaganda about Argentines being arrogant, rejecting being Latino, etc.
I was fortunate enough to attend three Argentina games this World Cup (vs. Egypt/Switzerland/England) and truly learned what great people they are and how proud that they are of their country.
The few of you on here who know me irl know that I’m quite sociable, so I naturally interacted with many Argentines around the stadiums. Many of whom could tell that I wasn’t Argentine because of my accent, but every single one embraced me as one of them because, in the words of the old Argentine man I met in Kansas City, “todos somos hermanos latinos.”
I learned their songs and chants, celebrated incredible goals with them, and shared hugs with strangers I’d never met before.
The affection that the Argentine public showed me in these last two weeks will stay with me forever.
I don’t think I can ever stop being a fan now…
@missysfella@appiecule Its been more than 20 years of messi dominating the Sport and you cant still understand the basic rule when you play against him, dont disrespect him.
Cambiar a Molina por Montiel es como dar vueltas las pilas del control, vos sabes que siguen siendo las mismas pilas de mierda pero por alguna razón funciona
@rogerlorton@ElnoZzip Sos un bot o te falla la comprensión lectora? El reclamo de argentina se basa en la cercanía y geografía de las isla respecto al país, Inglaterra argumenta que habitantes de las islas se identifican ingleses. Pero en las islas chavos por ejemplo, usan el argumento opuesto
@rogerlorton@ElnoZzip Sisi, por eso es que tienen que cambiar el argumento de defensa según la isla que quieran defender de su robo? Acá según ustedes vale qje esté habitada por gente que se reconoce inglesa, pero en otras islas cuando la situación es la opuesta, recurren a la geografía paradefenderse