They just copyrighted the 4 minute compilation of Argentina’s robberies against Egypt for the 5th fucking time. Every tweet was hitting 100k likes. FIFA really doesn’t want anyone seeing that clip a second time. No player in football history has ever been protected like Messi 😭
“There was deliberate intent to make Lionel Messi the World Cup hero”
This interview was in 2022. Van Gaal is here saying there’s an intent from referees to help Messi win the World Cup.
Now 4 yrs later the Egyptian coach has come out to say same thing.
Unfortunately France will need a perfect game against Morocco. FIFA appointing 5 Argentinian referees is a big statement. FIFA is trying by all means to get France out. We all saw it against Paraguay.
There is no conclusive proof. But the circumstantial evidence that there is pro-Argentina bias in FIFA affecting the World Cup:
1) In the group stage opener against Algeria, Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with a studs-up challenge on the Achilles and escaped any card. FIFA later admitted the VAR officials got it wrong and sanctioned them.
2) The inconsistency became undeniable when the United States' Folarin Balogun was sent off in the Round of 32 for a near-identical foot-on-ankle challenge on Bosnia's Tarik Muharemović. Pundits directly compared the red card to Messi's uncarded foul on Mandi.
3) In the 2026 Round of 32 against Cape Verde, referee Drew Fischer did not enforce the tournament's new rule requiring an injured player to remain off the pitch after treatment. He waited for Argentina's Nicolás Tagliafico to return before allowing a Cape Verde corner. Several uncalled fouls in that game also went Argentina's way.
4) Today against Egypt, with Egypt leading 1-0, Mostafa Ziko finished off a long breakaway to make it 2-0. VAR sent Letexier to the monitor and the goal was disallowed for a Marwan Attia shirt-pull on Lisandro Martínez that occurred roughly 20 seconds earlier and nearly the full length of the pitch from goal.
5) Neutral officiating experts, not just Egyptian fans, called the decision wrong. Former FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg said he did not believe it was a foul and did not believe VAR should have intervened at all, adding that the call was inconsistent with the physical contact referees had allowed all tournament.
6) The winning sequence produced a second grievance. In the buildup to Enzo Fernández's stoppage-time winner, Egypt appealed for a penalty on a Salah challenge and for an Alexis Mac Allister shirt-pull, and VAR checked neither. Hassan cited the unreviewed Mac Allister pull directly in his post-match remarks.
7) The 2026 grievances land on top of a 2022 record In Qatar, Argentina were awarded five penalties, the most ever by a team in a single World Cup edition, with Messi taking all five. That same tournament, Messi handled the ball against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and escaped a yellow card.
8) FIFA has appointed an all-Argentine crew, led by Facundo Tello, for Thursday's France–Morocco quarterfinal, the tournament's first all-same-country panel.
9) Comments attributed to Infantino after an Argentina match were widely discussed as suggesting bias toward Argentina before he later clarified them, and a deep Messi run drives far more global viewership and revenue than one without him. This establishes incentive.
FIFA cannot be trusted. Egypt was robbed. Argentina are coasting to another title under FIFA protection.
Fizeram um compilado de 4 minutos mostrando os lances em que a Argentina foi favorecida contra o Egito.
Simplesmente um escândalo mundial. Quanta sujeira envolvida. 🤢
Argentinien schießt ein Tor gegen Österreich, im Vorfeld wird X. Schlager gefoult. VAR checkt es nichtmal & das Tor wird gegeben.
Ägypten schießt ein Tor gegen Argentinien, im Vorfeld wird Tagliafico minimal berührt. VAR checkt es + und erkennt das Tor ab.
The Story of the World Cup.
Pelo amor de Deus é muito roubado
Primeiro inventaram um pênalti. Agora, anularam o segundo gol do Egito por uma suposta falta não marcada ainda na zaga do Egito.
Cara, essa é a Copa do Mundo mais fraudada de de todos os tempos, a Argentina destruiu a credibilidade desse torneio.
Messi x FIFA x VAR rigging narrative will never die after that reversed goal wtf 😂
80 yards away and 5+ defenders beaten afterwards and they still call it back...
People see shit like this happening yet act surprised when everyone says Messi is favored
You are dumb asf if you still don’t know FIFA has sold their soul for Messi