Argentina clasificó pero en los libros siempre estará escrito que Cabo Verde y Egipto jugaron MUCHÍSIMO mejor que ellos y si no hubiera sido por trampa, Argentina no avanzaba
🚨🗣️New: Mohamed Salah on the controversial officiating decisions in Egypt and Argentina game, Messi and Argentina are being favored:
“People will say Argentina showed the mentality of champions. Fine. But tell me this: when exactly did Egypt get the same protection from the officials?
We scored a second goal. The stadium exploded. The world saw it. Then suddenly VAR became an archaeologist, digging through the ruins of football history to find a foul from another lifetime.
Funny how they could rewind the game Five minutes to cancel our goal, but when I was brought down in the box, everyone suddenly forgot where the replay button was.
That’s what hurts. Not losing. Not Argentina.
The inconsistency.
One decision gets examined under a microscope. Another gets buried under the carpet.
We were told football is decided on the pitch. Tonight it felt like it was decided in a control room.
And let’s talk about those final minutes.
Two penalty appeals. Two moments that could have changed everything. Nothing. No review. No urgency. No explanation.
Then Argentina go down the other end and score the winner.
That isn’t a plot twist. That’s the kind of script that leaves millions of people asking questions.
Egypt fought for every blade of grass. We defended. We believed. We earned our moments.
But every time we climbed the mountain, someone moved the summit.
The disallowed goal.
The ignored penalty shouts.
The cards flying around our bench because people who dedicate their lives to this game couldn’t understand what they were witnessing.
And now we’re expected to smile and say football won?
No.
Football wins when the rules are applied equally.
Football wins when VAR is a shield for fairness, not a sword that appears only when convenient.
Because from where I’m standing, Egypt didn’t just lose 3-2.
Egypt lost a goal, lost two penalty appeals, lost faith in consistency, and eventually lost a place in the quarter-finals.
Maybe Argentina deserved to advance.
Maybe they didn’t.
That’s football.
But what will make people angry isn’t the result.
It’s the feeling that one team was forced to play against eleven men, the clock, and a set of decisions that seemed to change shape whenever the game demanded it.
And that’s why this match will be remembered long after the scoreline is forgotten.”
Aquí nadie discute la calidad de Argentina, ni la grandeza de Messi, ni que sean campeones del mundo. Eso no está en discusión.
Lo que sí está en discusión es el arbitraje y el VAR.
A Egipto le anulan un gol retrocediendo varias acciones para encontrar una falta anterior. Perfecto: si ese es el criterio, entonces debe aplicarse para los dos equipos.
Pero antes del tercer gol argentino, Egipto reclama una falta en el área argentina. La jugada continúa y Argentina termina marcando. ¿Por qué allí el VAR no actúa con la misma rigurosidad?
Eso es lo que cuestiono: dos jugadas, dos criterios diferentes.
Y cuando estas cosas ocurren en un Mundial, inevitablemente aparecen las sospechas sobre la FIFA y sobre cuánto puede influir el VAR en el desarrollo del fútbol.
Argentina no necesita favores. Tiene fútbol, jugadores y calidad suficiente para ganar por sí misma.
Pero el fútbol se decide por detalles, y hoy los detalles arbitrales generan demasiadas preguntas.
Egipto hizo un partido extraordinario. Fue superior durante grandes momentos y obligó a Argentina a sufrir hasta el final.
Los goles argentinos pueden ser legítimos y bien ejecutados, pero eso no elimina la pregunta principal:
¿Por qué el VAR aplicó un criterio para Egipto y otro para Argentina? El fútbol necesita una sola vara para todos.
Porque cuando la tecnología deja de dar certezas y comienza a generar sospechas, el que pierde no es solamente Egipto. Pierde el fútbol.
🚨 David Beckham on Cape Verde’s elimination after pushing Argentina to extra time in the FIFA World Cup:
🗣️ “This is the cruelest side of football. Cape Verde have been eliminated, but they leave this tournament with something far more important than just a scoreline—they leave with the respect of the entire football world. They took the defending world champions all the way into extra time and made Argentina fight for every single minute. Nobody expected that before kick-off.
When I think about this performance, I think about Vozinha first. His saves kept Cape Verde alive when many teams would have collapsed. Then you have Deroy Duarte and Sydney Lopes, two players who will forever be remembered in their country’s football history. They scored against Argentina, they believed when so many people doubted them, and they gave millions of Cape Verdeans a night they will never forget.
People will only remember that Argentina qualified, but those who truly understand football will remember how close Cape Verde came to creating one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history. They never hid, they never stopped running, and they never accepted that they were supposed to lose. Every challenge, every tackle, every attack showed a team playing with pride, courage, and absolute belief.
This is not a story of failure. This is a story of a nation announcing itself to the football world. Cape Verde arrived at this World Cup as outsiders, but they leave having proven they belong on the biggest stage. They stretched the world champions to their absolute limit, forced them into extra time, and made them earn every second of their qualification.
Football can be incredibly unfair. Sometimes the team that captures the hearts of everyone watching is not the team that advances. But no whistle can erase what Cape Verde have achieved. Vozinha, Deroy Duarte, Sydney Lopes, and every player wearing that shirt have inspired a generation. Argentina continue their journey, but Cape Verde leave this World Cup as heroes.”
Lo que hicieron hoy unos jugadores que viven en un Archipielago, que viven del turismo y de la pesca, que no tiene ningún jugador en Ligas importantes, que ni todos juntos cobran el 1% de lo que gana Messi quedará para la historia
A nadie nos importa el triunfo de Argentina
#CaboVerde
Cabo Verde se ganó el respeto del mundo. 🇨🇻
En su primer Mundial llegó a dieciseisavos, compitió de tú a tú contra Argentina y demostró que el talento, la organización y el corazón pueden desafiar a cualquiera.
No siempre se necesita ganar para hacer historia.
Demasiado tarde. De haber sabido lo maravillosos que son, los habría tenido desde niña, pero llegaron a mis 30s y son literal, lo mejor que me ha pasado en la vida ♥️
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