No we can’t. I hate football (soccer for you USians) with a passion greater than those that love it, and I can’t avoid it, even though I desperately try.
As a non soccer fan, I don’t get it. Why don’t we like Argentina? Don’t they have a pretty strong team?
They played incredibly dirty, fouled nonstop, deserved even more red cards than they got, at the same time they played super lame football, debated with the referee nonstop, were disrespectful to the winning team afterwards and physically assaulted a Spanish player after the game without any provication from the other side.
Rarily has a team in the finals misbehaved more than that.
Fuck the US though. In fact, fuck the World Cup too.
Nah fuck the usa corruption shit too. And the shit usa put visiting countries through
I would have expected people to be more angry at the US’s actions than Argentina’s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Trump–FIFA_red_card_controversy
During the 2026 World Cup, FIFA suspended the implementation of a one-game suspension that United States men’s national soccer team player Folarin Balogun had received after he was sent off in a round of 32 match victory against the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team for a foul on Tarik Muharemović. Balogun’s suspension was delayed for a probationary period of one year under the Article 27 authority of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. United States president Donald Trump had directly called FIFA president Gianni Infantino asking him to review the red card decision. The decision allowed Balogun to participate in the United States’ Round of 16 match against Belgium despite the red card remaining in effect. Belgium won the match 4–1, with Balogun playing almost the entire match
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2026_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies
Another controversy, similar to when the events were hosted in Russia and Qatar, involves host countries immigration policies. The controversy during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, United States immigration and visa policies under the second Trump administration, which have affected players, officials, journalists, and fans from several qualified nations. A travel ban affecting citizens of 39 countries—including World Cup participants Haiti, Iran, Ivory Coast, and Senegal—has prevented most ordinary fans from those countries from obtaining visas to attend matches in the United States, though exemptions were granted for athletes, coaches, and essential support staff, as well as dual citizens, permanent residents, and valid visa holders. A separate visa bond program initially required fans from five African nations to pay deposits of up to $15,000, a requirement that was temporarily suspended in May 2026 for ticketed fans. Iraqi striker Aymen Hussein was detained for seven hours upon arrival at O’Hare International Airport, while Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry and was unable to officiate at the tournament.
Not “the USA”, the government of it run by stupid psychotic criminals. Or do you think every Russian citizen living day to day on the edge is responsible for what Putin does too?
Didn’t watch it at all, what did Argentina do?
With the exception of Messi, they all played like petulant, dirty thugs all through the world cup. Especially against Egypt in their quarter-final and against Spain in the final. They also politicized the semi-final against England with a stupid banner.
You can’t say Messi isn’t a thug when he is bribing the refs
The final wasn’t a very good game. They didnt try to score at all in regulation and were clearly hoping to keep it at 0/0 to bring it to a shootout at the end.
They were trying first to force a penalty kick, the only way they could have hoped to score that game. Then in extra time they were certainly hoping for a penalty shootout to win it.
You watched a different game. Spain didn’t even let Argentina get the ball for the majority of the game.
Then why the hate?
Argentina hate is uniting the world
They really should play rugby with all that grabs and tackles
Fuck all the players that practice that “jump into the adversary’s knee” move. From Argentina and from the other teams.
Their game against the English rugby team wasn’t much better!
Every show competition needs a good foil.
I didn’t like that the US and Canadian broadcasts always had to pan to the corrupt stooge Infantino a couple times every game, during play, but I did like that I could hear the stadium crowd or my local watch party crowd boo each time.
FWIW the international broadcasts did the same, I think it was a single feed to all syndicates
nah, I think it’s pretty fucking embarassing for every country that took part in it. including my own.
