20 Jul 2026 03:15:46
I live in Brazil, my wife is Brazilian Colombian.
Pretty much all of South America hates Argentina and Argentinians and they have a reputation for being racist. Today's behaviour honestly doesn't surprise me at all.
It only surprises me just how often Argentina escapes punishment.
20 Jul 2026 04:10:04
Okie dokey.
20 Jul 2026 06:24:21
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the game yesterday for exactly this reason. Whilst no nation is perfect or free from bigots there does seem to be a pervasive culture there.
Also loved their reaction to the Rugby defeat ?
20 Jul 2026 08:02:32
I'm sure there's a few nice non racist ones out there, but their football team were not classy last night, that's for sure. Glad they lost.
20 Jul 2026 08:58:33
Yeah, let's just brush over how FIFA tried their hardest to not punish them for their behaviour throughout the entire tournament.
They got their comeuppance in the final, but they shouldn't have got past Egypt. A joint worst performance by FIFA and Argentina.
20 Jul 2026 09:13:19
The authorities really believed in cleanliness, didn't they? They even stopped play towards the end of normal play to remove a small turd from the pitch. I will say, however, they should have done it in the semi-final!
20 Jul 2026 09:23:26
Even Messi was at it, trying to get Cuccerella booked for apparently covering his mouth. Got what they deserved, zip. The sight of Fernandez waving his finger in innocence after the attack on Cubarsi says it all. In these games where we have no allegiance, I like to see a penalty shoot-out. On this occasion, just glad Argentina lost.
20 Jul 2026 10:04:12
I'm from Chile (based in Australia) and I can confirm: No South American nation likes Argentina, and I think now a lot of the world (in a football sense) doesn't like them either.
When that first Spain goal was ruled out, I feared the worst, but I'm so glad Spain got another one.
20 Jul 2026 10:09:12
What was worse, half-time show or Fantino's suit with trainers that were so white you would think they came from a Turkish dentist?
20 Jul 2026 11:35:30
I'm on holiday in Mexico currently, and every single person in the theatre at the hotel showing the game, bar a handful of Argentinians, wanted Spain to win and cheered when they scored and did. All nationalities... Brits, French, Mexicans, etc.
20 Jul 2026 11:13:20
Nevada, Argentina has always been hated in SA esp. by the countries that have our melanated brothers and sisters within their population like Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador etc. The hate is real.
And now that their reprehensible history and conduct has been outed to all the world during this WC, a ton of African Americans just hate them now due to their messy history with racism even if, they like Leo Messi as a player, icon and football (or soccer) legen.
20 Jul 2026 13:02:48
One of the reasons is that a lot of Argentineans think of themselves as Europeans, not Latinos (because of their Italian heritage). They've always been quite arrogant and looked down on the rest of South America.
At one point they also had a very strong economy in the 50s if I remember correctly.
They call themselves the Europe of South America. I call them the Europe of Temu lol ?