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@TrollFootball2 This guy says Spain didn't make fouls, then shows a statistic about them making 21 fouls... Argues about closed roofs, as if their opponents are not PLAYING IN THE SAME STADIUM Path to the final, as if they wouldn't have met Colombia/Portugal if they didn't crash out

if it was rigged for Argentina, then why didn't they win it

@Stiff_FC Your arguments are selective and delusional. - Barça had as much go against them as Chelsea over both legs. - Negreira wasn't a referee, and Barça has repeatedly been cleared of match-fixing. - Better Miami than sports washing for a country that doesn't respect human rights.

And honestly there’s nothing ‘sudden’ about it… anecdotally, all of my mates have never genuinely respected Messi. And I’m sure plenty of you can agree. This isn’t new. You can respect his ability as a player. He’s clearly one of the best of all time. But his entire career has been shrouded in controversy. I can remember being a kid and watching the 2009 UCL semi against Chelsea and having the same thoughts on Messi that I am now. Also not to mention, the historical and continued racism from Argentinian players and fans. While Messi himself might not be racist… he’s the captain and figurehead of this Argentinian team. He has never come out and publicly denounced racist actions of players/fans. People don’t like racism. Shock horror! Who would’ve thought!

“Why everyone suddenly hates Messi” is genuinely the most misguided take of all time. I’ve seen so many posts similar to this lately. Painting Argentina and Messi as the ‘victims’ of a big hate campaign. Pull up whatever irrelevant algorithmic data you want. Blame paid accounts. Quote psychological theory. At the end of the day… it’s pretty simple. Barcelona allegedly paid off referees for 2 decades, spanning Messi’s entire career… The Argentinian FA are being investigated for money laundering. We’ve all seen the blatant refereeing favouritism across two World Cups now. We all saw their violent, aggressive and petulant behaviour all tournament. We aren’t blind… Inter Miami, disproportionate to the rest of the MLS, hoarded old European talent and walk the league as soon as Messi arrives. Somehow qualifying for the Club World Cup without actually meeting any criteria for such qualification. This is a plastic club, with no history and purchased success… While you can’t blame all of this on Messi, obviously. He is clearly complicit. He clearly benefits from the purchased success of such institutions. He is clearly a money milking machine for FIFA and America. Something Infantino is well aware of… he ‘suffers’ with Messi after all. And people don’t like it. People don’t like blatantly manufactured success. People don’t like cheats. People don’t like teachers pets. People don’t like players that try and get other players (Cucurella) unfairly sent off in a World Cup final when they are clearly being outclassed on the pitch. People don’t like people that lack integrity. But nah. I guess we’re all swept up in mass hysteria! We’re all brain washed! And this is dangerous rhetoric! Shut up. The Messi bias is nauseating.

@mehdirhasan This is incredibly out of touch. How is one even supposed to support your regular journalism, when you go on delusional rants like this? Disappointing

Oscar-winning Spanish actor Javier Bardem joined me & Zeteo for an exclusive post-World Cup final chat about Spain's victory over Argentina, whether the game was a proxy for Palestine vs Israel, Trump's antics at the final, the Iran war, movies, & more. youtube.com/watch?v=lgQlYp…

@MajorKnightTim @UtdMaI In this case, it just means Portugal created chances that Ronaldo couldn't convert, so the "team backing him up" is the other way around here. Neither Messi nor Ronaldo created anything on their own against Spain - but Portugal created for Ronaldo where Argentina failed for Messi

@Wille_556 @UtdMaI Lemme rephrase the last bit coz you clearly missed it At least one man posed a threat to the team The other with an entire team backing him up were basically "no difficultly" setting It's soooo much worse

France and Mbappé faced Spain for 80 minutes: 0 shots on target. Argentina and Messi faced Spain for 90 minutes: 0 shots on target. Cristiano Ronaldo, by himself, managed 2 shots on target against the same Spanish defence. One man offered more attacking threat than two entire World Cup semi finalists and finalists. Levels.

@kul Boring and lopsided final yes, but you're either clearly biased or don't know what "proper refereeing" is

With proper refereeing, Messi’s red card foul knocks Argentina out in the groups. With proper refereeing, Cape Verde, Egypt, Switzerland and England knock them out. Instead, fifa gives us the most lopsided final ever, and make a record $15 billion.

@MailSport Is this supposed to be journalism 😂 The British media is so upset about losing lol, but what a bitter way to take it out

JEFF POWELL MBE: Why unapologetic imposter Lionel Messi is now not even in the top five players of all time - and will forever be tainted as the leader of Argentina's brutes in ugliest World Cup final ever trib.al/RG2JjaO

@felixofcrows @artszyl @RealReddo @yvonneawawa Exactly *because* neither of them had the ball, the obstruction can't be created by the law. And the impact is clearly created by Laporte here, even if the steps towards it are minor. Messi does not see him nor change direction

@Wille_556 @artszyl @RealReddo @yvonneawawa he wasn’t. neither of them had the ball so laporte wasn’t in messi’s way, he turned just because he thought messi had the ball, messi deliberately changed course to run straight into laporte. messi ran into laporte on purpose and its VERY clear

@telmoporto @RefereeC21621 No it's not, and a slowmo doesn't change that, even if it makes it seem more intense. Clear yellow card however

@RefereeC21621 force was not high!? this intensity was not enough for a red card!? was not brutal enough!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 x.com/amadoit__/stat…

Tagliafico didn’t get a red card here. #argentina #spain #worldcup #macallister #worldcupfinal

@enesbasaran7_ @lilyusdot4 @yvonneawawa Correct, but Laporte takes tiny steps, hence he is claiming new ground that is deliberately creating an illegal block

@lilyusdot4 @yvonneawawa You can, you can’t block a players way by moving there Read the rules

@felixofcrows @artszyl @RealReddo @yvonneawawa If anything it's the opposite. Exactly because Messi doesn't have the ball, and it's therefore not within playing distance, you can't deliberately create the obstruction

@felixofcrows @artszyl @RealReddo @yvonneawawa Doesn't matter who has the ball. Laporte takes a tiny step forward to ensure the contact, thereby deliberately impeding the progress of an opposing player, which is a free kick

@RealReddo @yvonneawawa Well those are the rules of the game, he steps into the challenge deliberately impeding the progress of an opposing player, that's not "defending". If you want to talk about the logic, take it up with ifab lol

@Wille_556 @yvonneawawa So whenever a player is running towards you instead of defending you should just step out of the way. Great logic!

@Cerebrone I mean the argentinians are sore losers here, but this is exactly what Jude did as well 😂

These are people that actually seek you out and celebrate right in your face when they win btw. Losers.

@TheFootballFeed Fifa definitely backs them to go to the final and then lose...yeah that makes a lot of sense

Messi has now faced defeat in FIVE international finals and hasn’t scored in A SINGLE one, showing who he truly is without FIFA and Infantino backing him. 😭

@TheSunFootball @RefereeHalsey How can he even know it's dissent from watching an arm movement in tv? Second yellow on Enzo correct, cucurella correctly not off. For the goal there's a clear step on the foot. Join that with his approach to speaking about these, and he comes off oddly biased

Lionel Messi slammed for 'poor' sportsmanship in World Cup final 😳 📽️ @RefereeHalsey

@4KTSwervo This is a reckless challenge and therefore a yellow, there is no discussion. You can discuss his first yellow, but not this

He lowkey flopped. Them Neymar acting classes won them the world cup.

@mike_daddino Yeah it's bad, and Paredes right fully got a red after the game I believe. Molinas not a great look either, but more similar to Bellinghams incident, which wasn't commented on

Classless behavior by Argentina after they got taken behind the woodshed for 120 minutes

@mercyl4s Ronaldo wasn't a threat, Portugal just have better players, that are better suited to intensity and ball retention needed to combat Spain

Messi faced first good team, Spain and he literally ghosted. Meanwhile a 41 year old Ronaldo was a constant threat for the Spain's backline he literally had more shots on target than whole of the Argentinian team combined 😭😭😭😭😭