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And FIFA won’t do anything about it, as usual.
Remember the shit that the officials threw at team captains who wanted to wear a rainbow-colored team captains band? That was two or four years ago. IIRC they threatened to ban the player or team for political messages on the field.
If this banner is not a ban-worthy offence, I don't know it.
Also this:
Argentina invaded the island killed 3 Falklanders and then got their ass whooped. And to this day Argentines think they are the victims.
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Funny how Argentina never thinks to ask the people who actually live there.
They might answer the wrong way you see...
They did answer the wrong way for Argentina
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Sore losers even when they're winning.
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I can't think of a nation with a bigger chip on their shoulder than Argentine. It's kind of weird.
It's absolutely bizarre, they have no legitimate claim to the islands. It's like someone moving into your house when you are on holiday, and saying it's theirs.
Plenty of countries have uninhabited islands as part of their territory, it doesn't mean they're up for grabs.
Had they not invaded there's a good chance they would be Argentinian by now, which is the funniest part of the whole fiasco.
Gave Thatcher an easy election win, which is genuinely unforgivable.
That's the fucking part that blows my mind. They were about to get it back for fucking free. But the Military Dictatorship had to Military it up and then not only got their asses handed to them, but also gave Thatcher and Reaganomics the boost of a lifetime.
Every single time I see anything argentinian named "LAS MALVINAS ARGENTINAS XYZ" it feels so fucking pathetic. They put it on a (now worthless) 50 peso banknote.
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Oh shit, some people who kick a ball around for money have unfurled a banner.
Its over.
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Argentina then belongs to Spain. Do your thing Lamine.
Not sure how I feel about this.
From my understanding the island wishes to stay part of the UK, but I don't know if historically that's because they colonized the fuck out of it.
Argentina is also kind of an asshole country, so is the UK. Both in their own way.
Argentina also played like absolute assholes. The UK is notorious for being assholes about football.
I guess I'll just say oof.
There was no colonization.
The issue with the malvinas/Falklands is that there are no "historically rightful owners", since no one lived there when they were discovered by the British.
But it's also not as easy as "the British discovered, so it's theirs", because they just discovered and left. They didn't leave no settlement.
The islands have a complicated history, both sides have strong arguments in favor of themselves, there's no clear cut "rightful owner".
Well the islands are settled now and they're settled by people who think they're British so I can't really see how you can functionally come to the conclusion that there is any mystery.
Argentina's claim to the islands seems to be their they are sort of close to Argentina, although far enough out to be an international waters and there was once a Spanish settlement there back before Argentina existed as a country. By the time Argentina became its own country the Spanish settlement was no longer in existence.
So from most of human history the islands were uninhabited or only sporadically inhabited and we're talking the level of driftwood huts here, no permanent structures. If anyone had any legitimate claim to the island it would be Spain they were the first to build proper buildings on the islands, at least they had a settlement there until they abandoned it, but then they quite happily sold the rights to the land to the British.
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Argentina played some of the dirtiest WC soccer I've ever seen. Grabbing the English goalie's arms during a corner kick, regularly shoving opposing players in the back and grabbing their jerseys when they got the ball during a fast break. The referee only handed out a single yellow card, and let everything else pass.
Messi wasn't doing it so overtly, but everyone else especially Simeone, were just blatant. Have no dog in this race, but that was just gross.
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It's pronounced Falklands.
Shall we talk about Argentine genocide of their black population now?
... Shall we? I'm on your side here, but Britain of all fucking places is not going to come out looking better afterwards
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That is not a conversation the brits can win on
might be worth noting that a government having done this does not mean the people there actually support it
oh also this happened under a dictatorship backed by the US sooo
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These types of displays were banned by FIFA, no? If so , shouldn't there be some kind of disciplinary action?
They have to double check with FIFA Peace Prize recipient Donald J. Trump before they make any calls, they don't want to accidentally discipline the wrong team
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Dumbass Gauchos failed history. The facts are written below. Are there resources or precious metals on and around the Falklands? Go Spain! I hope they smash the Argentinians, because of Milei.
But daddy Infantino said this is just about sports and not politics?!? /s
It would be interesting to see them actually succeeding with conquering those islands just to see them so this:
Now they actually had to deal with their ruined socioeconomic problems instead of political rallying around a made up issue.
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