What was Scaloni thinking, sending them out again?
the thing about Argentina is, they always try and walk it in!
ITT: Salty Argentinian fans replying to every comment about their crappy performance.
To be fair to them it’s just one guy. You pull on his string and he GOES, god dammn.
Oh man, mods should probably step in but boy am I glad they didn’t. It’s going over like a damp fart in a small car, but they’re so spirited in trying to insist it’s not. It’d be almost admirable if, you know, they weren’t a racist stooge.
Spain play is just in an another league… it’s a miracle we made it this far and also, that we managed to mantain the counter at 0-0 for so much time.
Well done spain.
Btw, I am appreciative of your, as in, you, Siegfried, sportsmanship in this thread and sorry you’re associated with the other guy.
Will this mean Miku will be Spanish? Any fanart of Miku joining the Spanish Inquisition?
Looks like everyone got successfully distracted from the epstein files and the genocide in gaza
Yes, that’s right, brother, they organised the World Cup specifically to distract from the Epstein files. Crafty bastards had it planned since 1930!
It was decided in 2018, two years into Trump’s first precidency. Maybe not to distract from the Epstein files, but that was what followed nevertheless.
Trump planned in 2018 to lose the 2020 election specifically so he could be president again when this World Cup happened to allow it to be a distraction from the Epstein files.
It really wouldn’t surprise me if this powerful Machiavellian cabal of pedos have existed since long before that. I’m not saying that it was actually planned this way, of course, but maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to rule it out. :P
It would be harder to believe that the winning team got awarded by a pedophile but that is now history. Governments and regimes have been using entertainment to distract and manipulate the public long before the 1930. A century later a football match is enough to make most people forgot about pedophiles running the country and an ongoing genocide.
OK, I’ll explain because you seem to honestly not know how the FIFA World Cup is organised.
USA won the bid to organise the 2026 WC in 2018. The WC itself happens always once every four years.
Meaning: unless they’re employing some stunningly excellent crystal ball operators, they could not have planned to use the 2026 WC as a smoke screen for the Epstein files OR the Gaza situation.
You don’t seem to understand something really simple: an already planned and happening event can be used as a smoke screen. If you browse the news you will see nothing about the epstein files or the genocide in gaza but trump handling the world cup. Halftime shows have never been a thing in soccer and the president of a country is not supposed to deliver the cup. This already planned event was milked as much as possible to work as a distraction for all the shit that is currently happening in the world and it worked incredibly good.
Mate, the football World Cup is ALWAYS the largest sports event worldwide.
Sure, big events can be used as smoke screens but saying anything here was done on purpose is just showing your ignorance towards what the WC is. They had to have planned it in 1930 for it to happen now, they had to have known that the Epstein files would be a thing in 2016 when the bid started, and pulled some strings to win in 2018, and all that to use the largest televised event to hide the Epstein case.
It’s just ridiculous. Those two events have nothing to do with one another.
Especially since they have an easier method available - Trump’s (Epstein’s?) billionaire buddies own all the US media! They can just decide that the files are to be buried under news about happy puppies and that’s exactly what would happen.
On top of that, you don’t seem to understand how moden news outlets (especially those online) and their readers work. The news outlets publish whatever garners clicks. People click outrage pieces the most, but they get bored quickly. Why do you think Zelenskyy is non-stop circling the world and talking to world leaders? He’s doing all in his power to keep Ukraine in the media, because if it was up to the general public, the news coverage would be similar to that of the Sudan civil war right now - which is negligible. The elites don’t even have to do anything for people to just lose interest, clicks to subside, and news agencies to move on from Epstein to other topics.
Mate, the football World Cup is ALWAYS the largest sports event worldwide.
from the previous commend i made: "Halftime shows have never been a thing in soccer and the president of a country is not supposed to deliver the cup. "
Sure, big events can be used as smoke screens but saying anything here was done on purpose is just showing your ignorance
You are acting more ignorant than anyone else here because i never said that everything was done on purpose
It’s just ridiculous. Those two events have nothing to do with one another.
Read what’s in the epstein files, you seem to have no clue.
Especially since they have an easier method available - Trump’s (Epstein’s?) billionaire buddies own all the US media! They can just decide that the files are to be buried under news about happy puppies and that’s exactly what would happen.
replace happy puppies with soccer
On top of that, you don’t seem to understand how modern news outlets (especially those online) and their readers work. The news outlets publish whatever garners clicks.
You just said yourself that billionaire owns all the US media and they can decide what news are about.
You just said yourself that billionaire owns all the US media and they can decide what news are about.
They can’t decide to use the WC as a smokescreen, because the WC happens once every 4 years and the host is selected 10 years prior. You can’t really pump it up to “become” a smokescreen, because it already is the largest televised event on the planet.
What you’re saying is the equivalent of suggesting that “the elites” have made the Sun to shine brightly on a July day in Texas. That’s the default state of things, mate, nobody got to decide on that.
I’m only going to reply to this, because the rest is just silly, or commenting on standard Trump behaviour, which is “president of a country is not supposed to do” period.
I’m glad it was Spain that did it to them. Eff you, Argentinian fans. You’re awful racist shits.
I missed that. What racist stuff happened?
Literally nothing. It was just one stupid xenophobic (there is a difference) song 4 years ago and, apparently, it meant that a whole nation that has throughout its history has always been inclusive has now always been racist.
People love to hate and algorithms love to feed that.
Not just one time. As someone from south-america, Argentinians are always racist against other south-americans. Playing against an Argentinian in an online match is a guarantee to hear a racist slur.
Ah, online gaming. A place known for respect towards everyone involved.
Should I say that all brazilians and chileans are racist for insulting me as soon as they learn that I’m from Argentina? Or should I realize that people talk shit behind the mic all around the world and that most are underage?
Seriously. Travel. I’ve encountered south americans all over the world and they’ve shown me (and I’ve shown them) nothing but kindness.
The real world is much more welcoming than what the virtual one would lead you to believe, and that’s not an accident.
A place known for respect towards everyone involved.
Gaming is pretty wholesome anymore - even COD and League are pretty much fine these days. The occasional asshole pops up sure, much as with any other large gathering of humans, but it’s nothing even remotely like it was back in the day (hey you kids, stop touching my grass). I can play Helldivers 2 with my mic on and everything, never had anyone even be weird about it. It’s pretty cool to see that all the work put into fixing the culture in gaming has actually paid off.
As someone from south-america, Argentinians are always racist against other south-americans.
As my wife said last world cup
The mexicans and Argentinians are making memes about the match. Whoever is drawing the meme makes the other one into the monkey
What racist stuff happened?
Literally nothing. It was just one stupid xenophobic (there is a difference)
Just so you know, this kind of stuff is so childish and transparent you might as well say “Ackshually, Trump is an ephebehebephile, not a paedophile, there’s a huge difference”
Made monkey noises and gestures to black players the argentinians did
The fuck? Not disbelieving but you got a link?
Best i could find that isnt with a person “reacting” or that “explains why argentinian fans are the worst”. Didnt just happen to IShowSpeed but also towards the french team as faar as i know. Didnt follow it much and rn its all flooded with the aftermath of them losing. But it has happened in the past world cups too from what i got told
Cheers. I appreciate the effort bud.
They were caught singing racist songs against French players after they won Copa America a couple years ago.
Why they did it when France didn’t compete in the tournament (for obvious reasons), we will never know.
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Watching it on SBS in Australia, during the trophy lift i saw that orange fuck trying to stand next to the team, and after the shot one of the commentators said “they just just edit him out”, lol.
And they did! Every shot of the trophy lift afterwards during the telecast it was just Spain. Good shit SBS!
https://lemmy.world/post/49653955
An entire post about exactly this.
That wasn’t in the script.
It was if you watched Spain play any of its matches. They always controlled the ball like like there wasn’t even another team on the field. Of course Messi wasn’t going to get an opportunity to do anything.
And what a goal. The third goal to be counted (during 1st there was a foul and 2nd was off side by like 5cm). Header from Williams Jr. and good shot from Ferran.
Can’t wait for Trumpy Wumpy to give the cup to Spain after consistently trying to sanction it.
I was honestly waiting for him to steal the trophy again this year.
They should verify it’s the real trophy and not a Temu counterfeit.
someone snuck in this little gem into that article
Holy fuck, let’s see how long it stays up
Edit: for when they change it: https://web.archive.org/web/20260720001221/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/jul/19/spain-v-argentina-world-cup-2026-final-live-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a5d539e8f0826309aef6ac0#block-6a5d539e8f0826309aef6ac0
Doing the People’s work, not all heroes wear capes, a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man, etc…
The guardian link is down for me lol
Fucking lol. Still up.
Still up
Still up
Lmao, seems to have been taken down now, thank you for the archive link
Still up for me on the original site.
Thank you for the correction, I just didnt know how to navigate the weird timeline format :)
You missed this one 🤣 thank you Guardian I had a good laugh
I mean they are better than Trump’s ONE TIE™️ and 4" heels.
No that’s good. I thought it was one of those optical illusions from the mall kiosk
Senile Gramps out on a stroll. Better call the nureing home
Here’s hoping that the next time we see Trump getting a golden shower is when the pee tapes are released
We watched the ceremony in a restaurant after the game. Trump tried to stand with the team for the jumping celebration photo. It was a half creepy lurker, half senile old man moment. Then the FIFA asshole dragged him away. So the caption is accurate.
Explains why a single one of my neighbours in my appartment block was going nuts (shouting loud and even banging on a pan) last night at around 11PM.
(I’m in Portugal)
I loved how quiet it was when turkey dropped out. Aaah. That was a beautiful morning. I was prepared for much noise
Fuck FIFA but anything that makes Trump more grumpy is good news. This will be remembered as Trump’s Jesse Owens moment. Not only didn’t he manage to kick Spain out of NATO and cut trade with them, he also had to give them medals.
The crowd booing Trump was the best part of WC 2026.
He also spoiled the American team by interfering
I don’t watch soccer and they probably didn’t, but if it came out that USMNT threw after that, I wouldn’t blame them. Their reputation would take decades to recover if they won that next game.
