🚨🗣️ José Mourinho on the Repeated Argentina World Cup Controversies
"I look at what happened with the Folarin Balogun red card being magically suspended after politics got involved, and I look at how Egypt was completely robbed in the Round of 16 against them, and I just have to smile. All of this started in the very first week of the tournament when Lionel Messi was allowed to escape a clear red card against Algeria. When you set a precedent that the rules do not apply to certain teams, you lose all control. We are seeing it match after match. It is a recurring script."
"Some people are calling it a scandal, but a scandal is something unexpected. For me? This is just normal now. We witnessed the system protecting them throughout the group stages, we saw it against Cape Verde, and we saw it again when Mohamed Salah was denied a clear penalty while Cristian Romero stayed on the pitch after a horrific tackle. You can put the tournament in America, in Mexico, in Canada, it doesn't matter. The geographic location changes, but the hands pulling the strings stay exactly the same. It is a cinematic production."
"If you are a smaller nation playing in this World Cup, you have to accept that you start the match 1-0 down before a ball is even kicked. Egypt played beautiful football, they went 2-0 up, and they still couldn't win because you cannot defeat a referee who is determined to look the other way. When VAR can rewind the play from five minutes ago just to disallow an Egyptian goal, but refuses to check a blatant foul on Salah in the 93rd minute, the game is dead. The integrity is completely gone."
🚨Ronaldo Nazario on Egypt Elimination and the VAR controversy in the game.
🗣️“Football has become a joke with a lot of easy figures to point it out especially at this 2026 World Cup, Egypt being Eliminated from the World Cup has to be the worse thing ever in the history of football, where clear decisions are denied and ignored.”
“It’s sad to see players like Mo Salah being emotionally crying out of pain and sadness, Imagine a whole nation being sacrificing with a lot of hard work and effort just to be ruin by a false decision with clear evidence along with it.”
“It’s so sicking to talk about, everyone will have his opinion on this but mine is that the game was rigged in their favor.”
🚨🇦🇷🇪🇬PATRICE EVRA: “EGYPT HAVE BEEN ROBBED!”
🗣️ Patrice Evra on Egypt’s disallowed goal:
“I don’t care what people say, for me Egypt have been robbed. Football is becoming too sterile.”
“The Egyptian player wins the ball, they break forward, they score a brilliant goal, and then somebody spends two minutes looking for a tiny reason to cancel it.”
“VAR was introduced to correct clear mistakes, not to erase great football moments. Today it feels like they searched for a reason to save Argentina.”
“If that goal is allowed for Argentina, nobody is talking about a foul. That’s the reality.”
“Egypt should be 2-0 up. They have outworked Argentina, out-fought Argentina, and now they have to fight against disappointment as well.”
“When a smaller nation finally hurts a giant and the goal is taken away like that, people will always ask questions. For me, Egypt can feel very unlucky today.”
#ARGEGY
🚨Wayne Rooney on the false penalty against Egypt vs Argentina.
🗣️“It’s really disappointing to see the VAR keep mute on the decision there, in a crucial game like this and there’s still favorites in the game.”
“A lot of Argentine and Lionel Messi fans won’t like what I’m saying but that’s the fact to be discussed here in today’s game.”
“This shouldn’t have been a penalty but the world and every Egyptian fan is glad after the miss. It’s just so bad to see this happen in to the African nations, especially in a decisive game like this.”
Jurgen Klopp 🗣️" Today we have witnessed a game where officials are willing to do anything for one side to win , ruling out that Egypt goal was injustice!"
🚨Thierry Henry on Argentina eliminating Egypt from the FIFA World Cup:
🗣️ “For me, this feels like football robbery in broad daylight.
I’m not taking anything away from Argentina’s quality because they have world-class players, but I don’t think they deserved to win this match. Egypt worked incredibly hard to build a two-goal lead. They defended with courage, attacked with confidence and earned every bit of that advantage.
The turning point, in my opinion, was the refereeing. I didn’t agree with the penalty that was awarded to Argentina earlier in the game, and after that it felt as though every important decision was going against Egypt. Whether people agree or disagree, those moments changed the rhythm of the match and gave Argentina the momentum they desperately needed.
Egypt will leave this tournament feeling heartbroken because they were so close to one of the greatest victories in their history. Sometimes football is decided by brilliant moments, and sometimes it’s decided by controversial decisions. Tonight, I believe the officiating will be discussed just as much as the football itself.”