Juan Cruz Llambias

Econ PhD student at @Penn.

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[nacho marchionna @nachomarchionna]

There is a double standard, a decontextualization and a clear bias against Argentina, compared to behavior of other players from other countries in this WC, in the same match, in previous WCs.

Examples:
1) Neither Croatia nor France stayed on the pitch to see Argentina pick the trophy; Argentina did in both occasions
2) Argentina didn't give their back to Spain, they faced their crowd
3) Bellingham reacted like Molina but no one created a whole thesis on English behavior and social issues
4) Rodri celebrated to Molina's (and Silva vs Portugal) face but no one said anything about being a bad winner
5) Gavi hit Paredes from behind but you kept looking at Paredes' reaction
6) Looking back: a Dutch player hit a player on the chest and no one wrote an analysis on Dutch violence; Zidane (still my idol) hit Materazzi on the chest with his head after the latter made a comment about his sister, and no one wrote a full analysis on violence in France or sexism in Italy.

All our players, coaches, journalists, fans congratulated Spain for a very good win, and so do I. All other comments are out of bounds

[Benkingsley Nwashara @Benking443]

As a black person, cheering for France, England, Belgium, or Portugal while demonizing Argentina supporters because "Argentina is a racist country" is peak hypocrisy and intellectual laziness. Mental insanity.

Also bitching about Argentina's squad not having Black players while ignoring the fact that many African national teams have no White players either is pure madness and idiocy.

Applying one standard to Argentina and another standard to everyone else is hypocrisy.

Leave your politics out of this beautiful sport of football and shove it down your anus.

[Juan Manuel Escolar 🇮🇱 @juanescolar]

Hay sociedades empeñadas en pelear contra molinos de viento, en intentos desesperados por reinventar la identidad que ya no tienen. Ahora eligieron un nuevo enemigo: la República Argentina. ¿La acusación? Ser una especie de “apartheid blanco” en América Latina. 🧵

[DopeFutImage @FutDope]

It's remarkable how differently European media outlets would describe these two players.

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

@sudanalytics_ Solo se cobra contra sudacas.

[Pedro Martínez Bruera @pmbruera]

Todo este circo online antiargentino va a terminar en una tragedia en la vida real. Y ahí todos los opinólogos con pretensiones de neutralidad van a salir a tuitear lamentándose. Pero nosotros no nos vamos a olvidar de que ustedes contribuyeron a que eso sucediera.

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

For those that just learned the ball is round, cheating is not the same as committing an infraction. A foul is not cheating, diving or grabbing the ball with the hand are not either.

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

@lugaricano Cheating is not playing by the rules, the player is. In addition, he was in fact playing injured. Stop this nonsense.

[Pedro Martínez Bruera @pmbruera]

Argentina is neither the first nor the last team to play physically. Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy were brutal. It is also not the first whose players or fans have made discriminatory remarks. Remember Germany in 2014? Yet you never see pseudoscientific AI slop analyzing the roots of their “national character.” But our armchair experts, who discovered the sport a month ago, would never notice the double standard.

[Rodrigo Azurmendi @RodAzurmendi]

Si Argentina se posicionara como el dueño del fútbol y tratara de imponerle su forma de jugar al resto del planeta, el repudio del globo sería inmediato, feroz y eterno.

España es un gran equipo. Un campeón merecido.

Pero se están yendo al carajo.

El fútbol no empezó en 2010.

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

@OOC_LACOBRAAA Para el juego y cobra falta por protestar. Nunca visto. Y ni hablar que esa protesta no es ni para amarilla.

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

@As_TomasRoncero Literalmente hay finales donde un equipo gano sin que la pelota entre en el arco, que esta diciendo este hombre

[Lupe Batallán @batallan_lupe]

A Enzo le pusieron una amarilla por golpear el piso y otra por el actingdel europeo, mientras los españoles viven tapándose la boca sin sanción pero Argenfifa y la mar en coche

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

Congrats to Spain, very well deserved. To the rest of you around, now you can stop lecturing about a sport and a country that you don’t know. Next time try to win a game so we talk about you instead 😉

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

@piersmorgan I am happy for you. Unlucky otherwise, other get happy when their teams win. But I see the issue in your case.

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

@juanma_rguez Claro, cuando lo piden los mexicanos o estadounidenses no es lamentable. Deja de llorar y celebra nomas.

[Franco Curione @FrancoCFutbol]

Recordemos que a Enzo Fernández le sacaron la primera amarilla por revolear el brazo. Bien condicionado el árbitro en la previa. Un aplauso.

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

@Pinetta__ Si le sacan amarilla a Enzo por apenas quejarse de una falta, que decis.

[Juan Cruz Llambias @jcllambias]

@migquintana Fue clave.

[Palermista🇸🇪 @palermismo]

Argentina jugó horrible y España muy bien pero el árbitro cobró TODO para España eh

La cancha totalmente inclinada, pero los eruditos de Twitter van a decir que los ladrones somos nosotros