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[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

There is no conclusive proof. But the circumstantial evidence that there is pro-Argentina bias in FIFA affecting the World Cup:

1) In the group stage opener against Algeria, Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with a studs-up challenge on the Achilles and escaped any card. FIFA later admitted the VAR officials got it wrong and sanctioned them.

2) The inconsistency became undeniable when the United States' Folarin Balogun was sent off in the Round of 32 for a near-identical foot-on-ankle challenge on Bosnia's Tarik Muharemović. Pundits directly compared the red card to Messi's uncarded foul on Mandi.

3) In the 2026 Round of 32 against Cape Verde, referee Drew Fischer did not enforce the tournament's new rule requiring an injured player to remain off the pitch after treatment. He waited for Argentina's Nicolás Tagliafico to return before allowing a Cape Verde corner. Several uncalled fouls in that game also went Argentina's way.

4) Today against Egypt, with Egypt leading 1-0, Mostafa Ziko finished off a long breakaway to make it 2-0. VAR sent Letexier to the monitor and the goal was disallowed for a Marwan Attia shirt-pull on Lisandro Martínez that occurred roughly 20 seconds earlier and nearly the full length of the pitch from goal.

5) Neutral officiating experts, not just Egyptian fans, called the decision wrong. Former FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg said he did not believe it was a foul and did not believe VAR should have intervened at all, adding that the call was inconsistent with the physical contact referees had allowed all tournament.

6) The winning sequence produced a second grievance. In the buildup to Enzo Fernández's stoppage-time winner, Egypt appealed for a penalty on a Salah challenge and for an Alexis Mac Allister shirt-pull, and VAR checked neither. Hassan cited the unreviewed Mac Allister pull directly in his post-match remarks.

7) The 2026 grievances land on top of a 2022 record In Qatar, Argentina were awarded five penalties, the most ever by a team in a single World Cup edition, with Messi taking all five. That same tournament, Messi handled the ball against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and escaped a yellow card.

8) FIFA has appointed an all-Argentine crew, led by Facundo Tello, for Thursday's France–Morocco quarterfinal, the tournament's first all-same-country panel.

9) Comments attributed to Infantino after an Argentina match were widely discussed as suggesting bias toward Argentina before he later clarified them, and a deep Messi run drives far more global viewership and revenue than one without him. This establishes incentive.

FIFA cannot be trusted. Egypt was robbed. Argentina are coasting to another title under FIFA protection.

[KFC France @KFCFrance]

pour des raisons évidentes, aucune serviette ne sera disponible dans nos restaurants aujourd’hui.

[osiris @osiristhe1]

That BMW 140i didn’t learn from the first time he nearly crashed…came back and finished the job the 2nd time 🤣🙈

[Preeti @MadridPreeti]

The look of "Realisation"

[Star⁴⁴ @LH44SevenWC]

En lo que va de año la fia le ha quitado a Ferrari:

-La ventaja en las salidas
-El alerón del escape
-El difusor que le aceptaron a Mercedes
-El mini alerón del halo

Ahora quieren quitarle el alerón trasero porque el equipo donde está Max no consigue recrearlo

@fia Payasos

[Ivyn Sambo @IvynSambo]

Know your corrupt DA Party:

1) The Public Protector has found that the City of Cape Town's failure to provide basic municipal services to residents of Langa and Khayelitsha amounts to maladministration and improper conduct.

2) The Auditor-General of South Africa has raised serious concerns about the financial health and governance of the City of Cape Town.

3) The Constitutional Court has found that the DA has failed to deliver well-located, affordable housing where it is needed most in Cape Town.

[➖ @driver0ftheday]

It’s time to see if he can put a Haas on pole!

[ana⁴⁴ @anapau_villa]

Para darles contexto: esta senadora de Paraguay dijo que Kylian creció “tomando cocos en vez de leche materna”, que es un “camerunés colonizado que se cree francés”, y que “las criaturas más cultas con las que ha convivido son chimpancés.”

Si acaso, Mbappé fue amable.

[Kylian Mbappé @KMbappe]

Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.

[Gustavo 🇿🇦 @LordVizo__]

Lmao we live in a simulation 😅.

There’s a lot that can be said about Donald Trump but he did one thing that no one else has the guts to do, he showed us that the system is rigged.

He showed us that rules, be it FIFA or INTERNATIONAL LAW are nothing more than suggestions.

[Wiesie de Kock @wiesiede]

Meets with Starlink, bypasses parliament and unlawfully gazettes regulations that allows Starlink to operate in SA.

All normal part of being in government.

[Gugulethu Mhlungu | Gogo Mpendulo @GugsM]

The very best part is FIFA and Infantino can’t deny the corruption, because the guy they did it with looooves to boast. There might have been some heat, but now the jig is elevated because they conspired with a man that behaves like a teenage entertainment blogger.

[Annemarie Dray @AnnemarieDray]

Balogun’s red card was given by the referee, backed up by VAR within the game and FIFA’s own disciplinary panel reviewed and upheld the decision after the game. So yes this decision reeks of corruption.

[UEFA @UEFA]

UEFA statement on the Balogun case: ⬇️
https://t.co/9LQDx8waKe

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

UEFA said that FIFA, by making an exception with Balogun and doing so in the middle of the World Cup, has put the integrity of the game "at stake" and set a precedent.

"Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair, honest and transparent competition," the UEFA statement added.

"Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not. A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted.”

[Joseph S Blatter @SeppBlatter]

Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls. They are overturned by rules, evidence and independent bodies. If a U.S. President intervenes with the FIFA President — and a player is suddenly cleared before a World Cup knockout match — the question is unavoidable: Quo vadis, FIFA?

Football must never become a playground for political power. #FIFA #WorldCup #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump

[🐯 & that @stopbeingthem]

every race decision made after 2021 just further shows how Abu Dhabi 2021 was deliberately manipulated to stop Lewis Hamilton from beating the record for most world titles in F1 history

[Hlovo @hlovo_]

He didn’t even protest back then

[Hlovo @hlovo_]

The ending of today’s race just shows how intentional Abu Dhabi 2021 was. They knew exactly what they were doing that day so it wasn’t a “human error”.

If the rules were applied correctly then Lewis would’ve been an 8-time World Champion now.

[Theo @RMCF_Theo]

"Nobody gives you anything for free"