Alex Kahn

@arielhelwani I consider the goat being someone who was virtually unbeatable. How on earth is Khabib not in this list? Never lost a round, nor was he ever put down! Make it make sense! The list is mostly Americans despite the fact that Daggy’s have been dominating for the most part recently!

Egypt’s head coach, Hossam Hassan, is not letting French referee François Letexi rest. "The world is watching"

From @TheAthleticFC: Egypt’s goal against Argentina should never have been ruled out, a former referee writes. "Argentina’s collective failure to defend their goal because they allowed Ziko to run past them is not part of the decision-making process." nyti.ms/4voItDt

BREAKING: The Egyptian FA have released a statement claiming they "cannot remain silent regarding the referee decisions" following their defeat to Argentina in the World Cup 🚨

🚨🇦🇷 NEW: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says that Egypt were “robbed” in yesterday’s World Cup game against Argentina

This is the Most Corrupt World Cup in History. FIFA has Just Robbed Egypt in Broad Daylight.

There is no conclusive proof. But the circumstantial evidence that there is pro-Argentina bias in FIFA affecting the World Cup: 1) In the group stage opener against Algeria, Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with a studs-up challenge on the Achilles and escaped any card. FIFA later admitted the VAR officials got it wrong and sanctioned them. 2) The inconsistency became undeniable when the United States' Folarin Balogun was sent off in the Round of 32 for a near-identical foot-on-ankle challenge on Bosnia's Tarik Muharemović. Pundits directly compared the red card to Messi's uncarded foul on Mandi. 3) In the 2026 Round of 32 against Cape Verde, referee Drew Fischer did not enforce the tournament's new rule requiring an injured player to remain off the pitch after treatment. He waited for Argentina's Nicolás Tagliafico to return before allowing a Cape Verde corner. Several uncalled fouls in that game also went Argentina's way. 4) Today against Egypt, with Egypt leading 1-0, Mostafa Ziko finished off a long breakaway to make it 2-0. VAR sent Letexier to the monitor and the goal was disallowed for a Marwan Attia shirt-pull on Lisandro Martínez that occurred roughly 20 seconds earlier and nearly the full length of the pitch from goal. 5) Neutral officiating experts, not just Egyptian fans, called the decision wrong. Former FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg said he did not believe it was a foul and did not believe VAR should have intervened at all, adding that the call was inconsistent with the physical contact referees had allowed all tournament. 6) The winning sequence produced a second grievance. In the buildup to Enzo Fernández's stoppage-time winner, Egypt appealed for a penalty on a Salah challenge and for an Alexis Mac Allister shirt-pull, and VAR checked neither. Hassan cited the unreviewed Mac Allister pull directly in his post-match remarks. 7) The 2026 grievances land on top of a 2022 record In Qatar, Argentina were awarded five penalties, the most ever by a team in a single World Cup edition, with Messi taking all five. That same tournament, Messi handled the ball against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and escaped a yellow card. 8) FIFA has appointed an all-Argentine crew, led by Facundo Tello, for Thursday's France–Morocco quarterfinal, the tournament's first all-same-country panel. 9) Comments attributed to Infantino after an Argentina match were widely discussed as suggesting bias toward Argentina before he later clarified them, and a deep Messi run drives far more global viewership and revenue than one without him. This establishes incentive. FIFA cannot be trusted. Egypt was robbed. Argentina are coasting to another title under FIFA protection.

Alan Shearer: “It’s complete b*llocks!” 🎙️ Was VAR right to disallow Egypt’s wonder goal? 🇪🇬🇦🇷 📺 The Rest Is Football

🚨BREAKING: Egypt vs Argentina recorded 23 referee mistakes. The highest at a 2026 world cup game All of them were in favor of Argentina

FIFA is taking down all the viral clips appearing to expose the Argentinian cheating against Egypt on X and other social media platforms. 🇪🇬🇦🇷 The game is a scam!

they disallowed this goal because it was too humiliating for Argentina

Fizeram um compilado de 4 minutos mostrando os lances em que a Argentina foi favorecida contra o Egito. Simplesmente um escândalo mundial. Quanta sujeira envolvida. 🤢

"It's clear that this tournament has been fixed." Egypt's Mostafa Zico was not happy with some of the decisions in their game against Argentina.

🚨 José Mourinho on Argentina vs. Egypt: “This is daylight robbery. It’s a shame what football is becoming. How do you let the play continue, allow the goal to be scored, and only then decide to go back and cancel it? If there was a foul, stop the game immediately. Don’t wait until after the goal. Then I ask another question—why wasn’t Argentina’s first goal reviewed with the same attention when it looked very close to offside? Why was every incident involving Argentina checked, while Egypt didn’t seem to get the same treatment? VAR is supposed to bring fairness, not confusion. Today, it looked like every important decision went in Argentina’s favour. Football deserves better.”

Roy Keane on The referee disallowing Egypt’s goal after a VAR review: 🗣️ “I don’t agree with that decision at all. That’s a World Cup knockout game, and you’ve just wiped out a massive goal for something that, in my opinion, doesn’t justify overturning it. Football is becoming obsessed with finding reasons to disallow goals instead of rewarding attacking play.” “The referee has made himself the biggest talking point of the match. If you’re going to cancel a goal in a moment this big, it has to be absolutely obvious. For me, that wasn’t clear enough. The players have done their job, and now they’re paying the price for another controversial VAR intervention.” “This is exactly why fans get frustrated with VAR. Instead of talking about Egypt’s brilliant finish, everyone is debating the officials. Decisions like this can change the entire course of a World Cup, and if they’ve got this one wrong, it’s a decision that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.”

As I was saying. I didn't expect my point to be immediately proved quite so spectacularly.

You're kidding lmao

This is dodgy I'm afraid....this ref is shocking. How Romero didn't get booked there is a disgrace

🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović: "I don't understand how Argentina always gets favoured by FIFA, they clearly disallowed a legal goal of Egypt and they gave Argentina 8 Penalties in the last 12 World Cup games, I don't understand why the other countries are letting it happen".

Lionel Messi has missed four penalties at FIFA World Cup's, not including shoot-outs. Twice as many as any other player 😬

🚨| BREAKING: SPEED JUST DISTRACTED MESSI INTO MISSING HIS PENALTY AGAINST EGYPT 😭🤯🤯🇪🇬