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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

ITT: Salty Argentinian fans replying to every comment about their crappy performance.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair to them it's just one guy. You pull on his string and he GOES, god dammn.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh man, mods should probably step in but boy am I glad they didn't. It's so obviously going over like a damp fart in a small car, but they're so spirited in trying to maintain the illusion that it's not. The sheer quantity of stubborn yet performative ignorance would almost be admirable (if, you know, they weren't a racist stooge). Absolutely wonderful to see someone who completely deserves it getting obliterated that hard, I really needed that today.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 87 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

personally I could give two fucks about adults being paid to kick a ball around on live TV; this goes for any kind of sport, for me.

however, watching the one Argentinian guy in the comments here (and presumably, many more Argentinians elsewhere like him) get extremely salty over this, and get ratio'd every comment, that's peak entertainment. Chef's kiss.👌

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Argentina played a dogshit game and their players were shoving Spain constantly. Multiple instances of someone getting shoved to the ground outside of play. They deserved more cards than they were given. Oh and 0 shots on net rofl. If that fan is mad, it's because there's nothing to be proud of.

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[–] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Watching it on SBS in Australia, during the trophy lift i saw that orange fuck trying to stand next to the team, and after the shot one of the commentators said "they just just edit him out", lol.

And they did! Every shot of the trophy lift afterwards during the telecast it was just Spain. Good shit SBS!

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Spain play is just in an another league... it's a miracle we made it this far and also, that we managed to mantain the counter at 0-0 for so much time.

Well done spain.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Btw, I am appreciative of your, as in, you, Siegfried, sportsmanship in this thread and sorry you're associated with the other guy.

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 131 points 2 days ago (78 children)

Glad Spain won, they were by far the better team. Argentina are just a bunch of bullys, I'm surprised they didnt get more yellow cards.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago

Argentina's Fascist leader is aligned with Trump and hence the corrupt FIFA, so they could do what they wanted.

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[–] pieland@piefed.social 249 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (14 children)

someone snuck this little gem into the article

Alt text: Screenshot from the article showing two captioned images. First image shows a winning team celebrating. It is captioned, "Rodri lifts the trophy! Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA"

The second image shows Gianni Infantino speaking with Donald Trump. It is captioned, "Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the spanish national team. Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock"

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Explains why a single one of my neighbours in my appartment block was going nuts (shouting loudly and even banging on a pan) last night at around 11PM.

(I'm in Portugal)

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 183 points 2 days ago (84 children)

I’m just happy Argentina lost.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

As my friend said: You have to be really crappy for the rest of Latin America to support the colonizer

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 90 points 2 days ago (14 children)

you and everyone else.

Some info from the southern hemisphere : Argentinians have such gigantic egos that one of their challenges to other south americans is "¿Cuantas copas tenes?" which translates to "How many (world) cups do you have?".

They are on the same continent as brazil. THE TEAM THAT HAS THE MOST FOOTBALL WORLD CUPS IN THE WORLD.

Denying them their fourth is fantastic. Even better, Milei can't use this to bolster patriotism as people keep living in the realities of argentina.

Although I'm pretty certain that he is going to enjoy busting out the militarised cops for the inevitable riot in buenos aires. I'd shed a tear for the poor Fast Food establishment they keep burning to the ground, but fuck them yankee burgers.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Fuck FIFA but anything that makes Trump more grumpy is good news. This will be remembered as Trump's Jesse Owens moment. Not only didn't he manage to kick Spain out of NATO and cut trade with them, he also had to give them medals.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He also spoiled the American team by interfering

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 128 points 2 days ago (1 children)

After Argentina's disgraceful, imperialist sign and knowing the piece of shit they put in office: good, fuck 'em.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (13 children)

I'm glad it was Spain that did it to them. Eff you, Argentinian fans. You're awful racist shits.

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