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[FIFA @FIFAcom]

The match officials for @FIFAWorldCup match 97 have been appointed. 🤝

[Gakpo Era 🇳🇱 @Szobo_baller]

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!"

[Geronimo Morgans @GeronimoMorgans]

VAR didn't review two clear fouls inside the Argentinian box (against Egypt players) before Enzo Fernández's goal. Why? A foul on Martínez overturned Egypt's second goal. Why does the treatment have to be so one-sided? This is completely unfair. FIFA, be ashamed. Be genuinely ashamed. This is Robbery. Egypt have been robbed.

[MatchReport @MatchReportH]

🚨🇦🇷🇪🇬 Rio Ferdinand: “Football Needs Fairness, Not Different Rules For Different Teams”

🗣️ “I’ve sat here and watched football for many years, both as a player and as a pundit, and what frustrates supporters the most is inconsistency.

When Argentina go down under a challenge, the whistle seems to come immediately. The officials are quick to spot the foul, quick to stop play and quick to protect them. But when Egypt are on the receiving end of similar incidents, suddenly the game is allowed to continue and everyone is told to move on.

That’s the issue people have tonight. Not the result itself, but the lack of consistency in the decision-making.

Then you look at the build-up to Enzo Fernández’s winning goal. Egypt were screaming for a foul, their players were surrounding the referee, and millions watching expected VAR to at least take a proper look at it. Instead, it felt like everyone in the VAR room had gone to sleep.

What exactly is VAR there for if not to review the biggest moments in the biggest matches?

If that incident happened against Argentina at the other end of the pitch, do you honestly believe it wouldn’t have been checked? I find that very difficult to believe. We’ve seen much softer incidents reviewed throughout this tournament.

That’s where the frustration comes from. Fans just want the same standard applied to every team.

And let’s talk about the disciplinary side of the game. Argentina seem to get away with an awful lot. There are challenges that would normally bring yellow cards, yet the referee appears reluctant to reach for his pocket. It’s almost as if officials are afraid of making decisions that might upset Argentina.

When you look at some of Argentina’s matches in this tournament, there have been several moments where opponents felt hard done by. One incident can be debated, two incidents can be debated, but eventually people start noticing a pattern.

Football cannot afford that perception. The integrity of the game depends on supporters believing that every nation is treated equally.

Whether you’re Argentina, Egypt, Brazil, France or anyone else, the laws of the game should not change depending on the badge on your shirt.

The officials tonight had a responsibility to be fair, balanced and brave. Instead, they have left millions of people questioning why some decisions are given so easily for one side while similar incidents involving the other side are ignored.

Football deserves better than that. The players deserve better than that. And the fans certainly deserve better than that.”

#ARGEGY

[Chief @Chiefofbridge]

🚨 Peter Drury Breaks Silence: Questionable Calls, Cancelled Goals & FIFA Favouritism – Has Football Become a Scripted Show?

🗣Peter Drury

“After years spent analyzing football matches and commentating on the game at the highest level, I can honestly say that what we witnessed today between Argentina and Egypt was unlike anything I’ve seen in my entire career.

How that was awarded as a penalty remains a complete mystery. The contact, if any, looked minimal at best, yet the decision stood. It’s becoming harder and harder to watch the sport without feeling that the beautiful game is slowly turning into something of a joke for millions of fans around the world. The officiating has been strangely “clean” almost suspiciously so yet it leaves serious questions about consistency and impartiality.

Then there was Egypt’s goal, ruled out for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear. Why was it disallowed? In the same match, when Argentina scored their decisive goal, there appeared to be a clear foul in the build-up that neither the referee nor VAR chose to review properly. These are the moments that make supporters feel the outcome is no longer decided purely on the pitch.

There’s a growing narrative out there and it’s hard to ignore that Lionel Messi is being protected as FIFA’s golden boy. With Cristiano Ronaldo no longer part of the international scene, some believe the powers that be are determined to keep Messi’s story alive for as long as possible because his presence still drives massive global interest and viewing figures. Whether that’s true or not, the pattern of decisions in key moments only fuels that conversation.

passion, and the unpredictable nature of who wins on any given day. But when decisions repeatedly go one way, when valid goals are chalked off and questionable ones are given, and when VAR seems to miss obvious incidents, it starts to feel like something else is at play. The game deserves better. Fans deserve transparency, consistency, and the simple belief that the result is earned not influenced.

These are the moments that test our love for the sport. And right now, that love is being stretched thin.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​“

[diego 🇳🇱🇺🇾 @diegohead_]

Nunca en mi vida ví que todo un planeta piense y diga que un país está siendo beneficiado por la FIFA, que hasta los jugadores rivales salgan a decir explícitamente que fueron perjudicados por el arbitraje.

Solo la Argentina de INFANTINO logra estas cosas.

[fan @NoodleHairCR7]

Me sleeping well knowing the whole word has woken up to Argentina corruption:

[Goldstein Records @GoldsteinRecs]

The Argentina Files

[Alerta News 24 @AlertaNews24]

🇦🇷3️⃣⚽️2️⃣🇪🇬 | MUNDIAL 2026: Hossam Hassan, Director Técnico de Egipto: "Diré lo que pienso sin importar las consecuencias, este fue claramente un partido amañado y todo el mundo lo vio. Y quiero decir una cosa más, si quieren tanto que Argentina gane, ¿por qué llaman a todos a venir y participar?"

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

FIFA IS RIGGED!

[CAF @CAF_Online]

They made millions believe. They made Africa proud.

The Pharaohs gave us a #FIFAWorldCup journey to remember. 🇪🇬❤️

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

Referees after seeing Egypt had a chance to beat Argentina

[Wine Enthusiast @Cloud_Wine1]

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.

[MattyFC @MattyFC__]

all we want is consistency...

[fan @NoodleHairCR7]

Messi can win 10 World Cups but I'll always chose Cristiano Ronaldo over Messi.

Losing with honor is better than winning with cheating.

[Arturo Villegas @ArturoVill7]

Lo de Argentina con la FIFA ya es inadmisible.

Fue una auténtica hazaña que Francia les arrebatara el Mundial de 2018 y que en 2022 estuviera a minutos de volver a hacerlo.

Lo de hoy contra Egipto es indignante. En el tercer gol de Argentina ni siquiera tuvieron la decencia de mostrar la repetición de la jugada completa, cuando todo apunta a que pudo existir una falta previa sobre Egipto.

En cambio, cuando Egipto anotó, revisaron la acción desde el origen de la jugada hasta encontrar cualquier detalle para invalidarla.

Así es imposible competir. Si el criterio cambia según quién ataque, ¿para qué lo intentan las demás selecciones?

[(fan) Trey @UTDTrey]

We are wasting our time, energy, emotions on a tournament that already had a winner before it even began.

I don’t fight it anymore, I’ve accepted that Corruption is the main part of football now

[George Galloway @georgegalloway]

This disastrous utterly corrupted “World” Cup is over. For me at least.

[SNEAKO @sneako]

We ALL knew Messi was a fraud

[Darren @MUFCDarren_]

🚨 José Mourinho on Argentina vs. Egypt:

“This is daylight robbery. It’s a shame what football is becoming. How do you let the play continue, allow the goal to be scored, and only then decide to go back and cancel it? If there was a foul, stop the game immediately. Don’t wait until after the goal.

Then I ask another question—why wasn’t Argentina’s first goal reviewed with the same attention when it looked very close to offside? Why was every incident involving Argentina checked, while Egypt didn’t seem to get the same treatment?

VAR is supposed to bring fairness, not confusion. Today, it looked like every important decision went in Argentina’s favour. Football deserves better.”