Not sure how I feel about this.
From my understanding the island wishes to stay part of the UK, but I don’t know if historically that’s because they colonized the fuck out of it.
Argentina is also kind of an asshole country, so is the UK. Both in their own way.
Argentina also played like absolute assholes. The UK is notorious for being assholes about football.
I guess I’ll just say oof.
ARA General Belgrano belongs to Posiden
- Don’t cry for me, Argentina
- The truth is, I never left you
- All through my wild days, my mad existence
- I kept my promise
- Don’t keep your distance
Gibraltar español!
Now I understand why they elected Javier Milei.
Helpful, but is there more context here?
Such as who are there people currently living there and therefore voting in this referendum?
People who has always live there?
The Maldives has never had Spanish/Argentinian population.
Argentina only claims it based on physical proximity, not on the will of its population.
The descendants of the only people to live on the islands since pre-history. Literally the only people whose opinions count, including the uk population and government. It doesn’t matter what the Argentinians or the British think really, same as Greenland - the people who live there want to be a part of the uk
Source in case you’re wondering if the photo is real: www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/15/malvinas-is-argentinian-world-cup-holders-celebrate-win-over-england-with-banner
It’s a shame it has come to this, especially that Scaloni - Argentina’s coach - opposed the whole war undertones by saying that “it will be just a football match and nothing more” during a press conference.
So Messi believes that Argentina should colonize the Falklands? Man I really wish he had just stayed a football autist.
How many people actually live in the Falklands. Looks like there’s mostly nothing on that island.
I know Falklanders want to remain in UK control majority-wise. I also somewhat get why Argentina wouldn’t want what is essentially a potential base of operations off their coast (though realistically they couldn’t really do anything about it even if they did have sovereignty over it).
At the same time, i can’t really make sense of why the hell have the british fought to keep ahold of the Falklands. Maybe just because the british just love collecting shit that means nothing to them but have major significance to other nations’ people? I don’t really get it.
The Falklands have massive fishing rights over a massively rich area. It has nothing to do with a few thousand people and a few sheep. The UK couldn’t care less about the people. Same for Argentina. You don’t fight a war over a forlorn rock. Same with Gibraltar ( as the UK has shown with Brexit. Gibraltar is strategically important for Spain and the UK, nothing more. The people are just an excuse)
Ah that explains it the best. Now I feel like Argentina has more claim than the UK.
The islands are the basis for the British’s claim to Antarctica
CIA - The World Factbook – Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) https://user.iiasa.ac.at/~marek/fbook/04/print/fk.html
eh, I don’t care about this honestly. actually i don’t think they even care, it’s just getting a rise out of the country they beat. Argentina had way worse problems with racism to worry about this imo.
How’s that inflation going? At least you have a few people that are good at kicking a ball around though.
Argentina played some of the dirtiest WC soccer I’ve ever seen. Grabbing the English goalie’s arms during a corner kick, regularly shoving opposing players in the back and grabbing their jerseys when they got the ball during a fast break. The referee only handed out a single yellow card, and let everything else pass.
Messi wasn’t doing it so overtly, but everyone else especially Simeone, were just blatant. Have no dog in this race, but that was just gross.
Agreed, watching the match was painful. Spain vs France was a much, much better game.
4 yellow cards, 1 for England, 3 for Argentina. Martinez, Romero, and De Paul all got carded, as did Anderson
Personally, I think the ref should have started handing them out right from the start to set the tone, but then I hate dirty football. I personally think you should beat the other team by playing better football
Throughout this tournament, I’m legitimately baffled at some of the things that aren’t even considered fouls, according to the announcers. Like defenders literally tackling players to the ground. The announcer; that’s good clean play, no foul there, that’s great defense, good “no call” by the ref. Might as well start wearing helmets and pads and calling this football now…
Rule of thumb. If they touch the ball then it’s not a foul.
They’ve always been like that. They poisoned a player once. FIFA did nothing.
Should have fought harder for them then when you invaded. Sucks to suck
These types of displays were banned by FIFA, no? If so , shouldn’t there be some kind of disciplinary action?
They were, but IMO there shouldn’t.
The “no politics” rule strips people of a big platform to protest against injustice and further other righteous causes, and that’s the INTENTION the corrupt leaders of FIFA had.
They have to double check with FIFA Peace Prize recipient Donald J. Trump before they make any calls, they don’t want to accidentally discipline the wrong team
Red card everyone in that pic. Then the next day say you had a chat with Milei and now the coach is red carded too.
Funny how Argentina never thinks to ask the people who actually live there.
It has nothing to do with the people. Politicians and oligarchs wave a flag, as they do in any other country, to stir up the masses, but the whole thing is about fishing rights.
They might answer the wrong way you see…
They did answer the wrong way for Argentina
Sort of the thing with war. If you’re on the losing side, it can get a little awkward when you try to stick around.
