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Re:UEFA and its national associations will not participate i... by opinologo on Thursday July 30, 2026 @11:27PM (#49118666)
>>* We want to see fair-play, with a meaningful VAR which can be called by the captain or coach of each team twice (getting back their call if agreed on).

I am not sure what your problem with Argentina is, but with a meaningful VAR, Cucurella would have been sent off and Enzo Fernandez would have stayed on the pitch. I am sick of the anti-Argentina racist campaign. Just follow the amount of yellow and red cards they were given in their last three games in the WC.

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Re:UEFA and its national associations will not participate i... by dpark on Friday July 31, 2026 @12:28AM (#49119011)
Fernandez deserved each of his yellow cards. Especially the second for that reckless and dangerous tackle.

Cucurella did not violate the rule. He touched his mouth for an instant. The rule is not “if you ever touch your mouth you get ejected”, which is why VAR didn’t do anything and neither did the ref on the field.

I generally have nothing against Argentina but they were wildly outplayed in the last game, they were disrespectful, and Messi’s appeal to the ref to try to get Cucurella ejected was shameful.

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Re:UEFA and its national associations will not participate i... by vasco on Friday July 31, 2026 @02:27AM (#49119682)
Funny racism that doesn't like Argentina but loved Cape Verde.
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Re:UEFA and its national associations will not participate i... by hdgvhicv on Friday July 31, 2026 @02:46AM (#49119797)
Argentina’s post match antics should be enough to ban them for 5 years
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Re:UEFA and its national associations will not participate i... by Thlom on Friday July 31, 2026 @03:27AM (#49120091)
It's not illegal to cover your mouth. It's only illegal in "heated exchanges".
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Re:UEFA and its national associations will not participate i... by queenkjuul on Friday July 31, 2026 @04:49PM (#49128363)
Sore-ass losers picking fights after the game because they couldn't score in 120 minutes?

Crybabies. Ban Argentina from FIFA for years after that debacle.

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