The match was almost over and Messi was handed a free kick from such a dangerous position for an absolutely laughable foul. What if Argentina had gotten a goal out of this???

They say you can't get away anything in the presence of VAR. What will they say about this??

The way FIFA President Gianni Infantino, CONMEBOL President and FIFA Vice President Alejandro Domínguez, Argentine Football Association (AFA) President Claudio Tapia, and other World Cup officials erupted in wild celebration inside the VIP box after Argentina's victory over Cape Verde has drawn widespread attention.

Not only that, Domínguez even posted a video of the celebration on X (formerly Twitter). The caption read: "What a relief, Tapia! This is how we celebrated Argentina's third goal."

Infantino said in an interview following Argentina's victory over Cape Verde, "Thank you. A hug to all the people of Argentina, and congratulations, because our hearts tonight... (sud4denly stopping mid-sentence...) Oh, and the same goes for the neutral fans as well. We were actually supporting both teams."

Almost every Argentina match seems controversial. This videos involving FIFA officials don't look good either. Even if I were an Argentinian, these things would make me uncomfortable even if we get some wins. Does anyone else feel the same way or am I reading too much between the lines?

It seems like even when Argentina commit a foul, they are the team that gets a free kick.

It's one thing when a referee doesn't count a foul and let's the play go on. It's entirely a different thing when he counts the foul but awards a free kick to the team that committed the foul. How can the referees go so over the top for Argentina?

Title says it all - the sports gods don’t reward sore losers and whiners - so anything Trump touches in sports is doomed because he is nothing but the worst sport, whining loser and poser acting like he knows athletics.

The professional athletes can be male or female from the past generation or from this generation.

Isn't Mac Allister lucky here to get away?

"The match was rigged. It wasn't our fault. That referee... it felt like the entire match had already been decided. We were leading 2–0, but from that point on he kept making one decision after another against us. Congratulations to Argentina on another World Cup—it looks like that's what's going to happen.

At no point did we think the match had already been decided. We knew we were facing the reigning world champions.

The referee wasn't good; he was an oppressor. His injustice was crystal clear. From the very beginning of the match, he was against us. He didn't want us to win.

'Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.' (Qur'an 3:173)

That referee is destroying the hard work of an entire nation.

Even before the match began, we knew we were up against a very strong team and one of the favorites to win the title. But if Argentina had won purely on their own merit, we would have accepted the result in a completely different way."

Your thoughts on this? Is he right, wrong, partially right or wrong?