🚨🎙Koulibaly :
I will never forget that day. In the tunnel before the match, I shyly asked Leo if we could swap shirts later. He smiled gently and said "OK" But after the final whistle, the pitch was so crowded, and Leo quickly went inside. I went back to our dressing room feeling a bit sad, thinking: 'He is a massive superstar, he probably just forgot about me
Suddenly, the door to our dressing room opened, and everyone went completely quiet. It was Messi. He walked straight up to me, handed me his shirt, gave me a warm hug,Then he smiled and walked away. The greatest player in the world came all the way to our dressing room just to keep a simple promise to me. That is pure class
🔥🇦🇷 “Después de hacer mil videos explicando porqué Argentina no es un país racista hay gente que me dice que es falso, que lo que yo viví no es real. La gente va a creer lo que quiere, por más que le muestres la verdad. No hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver” - Efra Wilchez
I REJECT THE STATEMENTS OF CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT
📢I strongly condemn the malicious and ignorant statements of U.S. Congresswoman @JasmineForUS - , who labeled Argentina has a "racist" country. Reducing an entire nation to an offensive stereotype and defaming 46 million people, that is not only unjust: it is intellectually dishonest.
Faced with such a serious accusation that seeks to establish an anti-Argentine narrative in the world, I do not respond with opinions or subjective views: I respond with history, with real data, and with the truth about our sport.
📌THE NATIONAL TEAM IS BUILT ON MERIT, NOT ON A WOKE AGENDA
🇦🇷 In Argentina, wearing the National Team jersey is the exclusive result of merit, effort, and athletic performance on the field. Our country is not governed by corporate quota or racial agendas to assemble a squad. The best footballers in the country join the Argentine national team, regardless of their socioeconomic background or physical characteristics.
⚽️ Throughout history, Afro-Argentine footballers have stood out and become legends wearing the Argentine jersey thanks to their immense talent:
- Alejandro de los Santos: A forward and idol of Argentine football who debuted for the national team in 1922 and was a champion of the 1925 South American Championship.
- José Manuel Ramos Delgado: A legendary and talented central defender who wore the Albiceleste jersey in the 1950s and 1960s, playing in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden and the 1962 World Cup in Chile, and captaining the team that won the Copa de las Naciones in 1964.
- Héctor "Chocolate" Baley: A distinguished goalkeeper who was part of the national squad and became a world champion in the 1978 World Cup, in addition to playing in the 1982 World Cup in Spain.
HISTORICAL FACTS THAT THE CONGRESSWOMAN IGNORES:
We had a President in Argentina with roots Afro-descendants: While segregation in the North prevented access to public life, Argentina elected Bernardino Rivadavia, of recognized African ancestry, as its first President of the United Provinces in 1826.
- Early abolition: While the United States maintained legal slavery until 1865, Argentina enacted the Law of Free Wombs in the Assembly of the Year XIII (1813) and enshrined the definitive abolition of slavery in its 1853 Constitution (Article 15).
HYPOCRISY AND LACK OF SELF-CRITICISM
It is astonishing that this accusation comes from the representative of a country whose history is deeply marked by institutionalized discrimination:
- Legal slavery until 1865. Promoted by the Democratic Party.
- Racial segregation under the Jim Crow laws and the "separate but equal" doctrine, also promoted by the Democratic Party, until the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- The prohibition of interracial marriage in several states until 1967.
- The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which prohibited the entry of Chinese citizens into the U.S. and denied civil rights to those already living in the United States.
- And the internment of more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent in camps in 1942.
This history of brutal segregation should prompt Congresswoman Crockett to exercise prudence and self-criticism, instead of attempting to lecture South American nations on morality.
Statements like hers only fuel xenophobia and widespread misinformation.
Argentina isn't perfect. What country is? But my country has never created racist laws; quite the contrary, my country has been a pioneer in civil and human rights, even enacting laws against xenophobia and racism.
If an elected Argentine official were to attempt to define the United States with a generalized label, it would be considered unacceptable.
Respect between nations must be reciprocal.
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I condemn all acts of discrimination, and therefore I will not allow our country to be defamed by officials who use racial categories that belong to their own history and seek to cover up their own historical traumas.
The congresswoman must offer an immediate apology to Argentina. Argentina deserves respect. 🇦🇷
Rebeca Fleitas, Congresswoman. Member of the Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
This is senior ESPN writer and veteran Sports Journalist, yet he's deliberately ignoring the fact that Messi and teammates simply turned towards the Argentina supporters to greet and acknowledge them for their support, something players do after the match.
Instead, he's deliberately misrepresenting a harmless moment to create unnecessary controversy.
I keep saying it, there's a deliberate, organized and sponsored media onslaught and propaganda againt Messi and Argentina.
Casarse con una persona de cualquier color de piel nunca fue delito en Argentina. En los Estados Unidos esa discriminación anti humana estuvo vigente hasta 1967. Y en Sudáfrica hasta 1985
(vía @tati_schapiro )
Cc @SamuelLJackson
Documenté esto en la Final del Mundial.
Los jugadores argentinos recibieron su medalla del segundo lugar y se marchaban a su camerino, tal como lo hizo Francia en 2022. Messi, el primero, se detiene frente a su gente. Acompaña el resto. Ahí el capitán argentino empieza a llorar. El contexto no es que le dieron la espalda a España, se quedaron de frente a su afición que no paraban de ovacionarlos, especialmente a Messi. En las redes se saca todo de contexto muy fácilmente.
🚨 Lionel Messi has been named the BEST PLAYER of the 2026 FIFA World Cup by @USATODAY! 🐐🇦🇷
🏆 Rankings:
Lionel Messi
Kylian Mbappé
Pau Cubarsí
Some things don’t need official awards to be recognized. The football world knows who the greatest is.
سيدة سويدية مقهورة من الهجمة ضد الأرجنتين وقالت انها زارت 26 دولة ولا وحدة متل الأرجنتين
الأرجنتين بلد بيعرف كيف يستقبل الآخرين
الأرجنتيني بيعزمك على بيته وبيقدملك تخت وصحبة وما بيتركك تفرح او تزعل لحالك
🚨🗣️ Arsène Wenger:
"Lionel Messi will always remain the greatest footballer of all time. No amount of paid propaganda, media campaigns against him, or agendas pushed by social media can ever change that." 🐐
"Messi being the GOAT is a fact—just like the sun rises in the east. Some truths simply never change, no matter how much noise surrounds them." ☀️🐐