World Cup 2026 Round of 16: Argentina vs Egypt

[Sammy1887]

Maradona cheated and he’s still in GOAT convos

Yes, but he never claimed to be football's Mr. Nice Guy, unlike our hormone-injected friend.
The only consistent trait is that Argentine players always seem to have cheating in their DNA.

 

[A_G]

Yes, but he never claimed to be football's Mr. Nice Guy, unlike our hormone-injected friend.
The only consistent trait is that Argentine players always seem to have cheating in their DNA.

When did Messi say he was a nice guy?

 

[Sammy1887]

When did Messi say he was a nice guy?

Yes but he also never said he never took growth hormones, PEDs or fixed games etc.

 

[merciarsene]

All true but you can see why this wasn’t in the spirit of this World Cup. All the way through refs have been allowing the game to flow, despite minor infringements, since the very beginning, particularly when players make a meal of stuff and throw themselves to the floor, like in this case. And the ref let this one go too. The goal was absolutely stunning and a great advert for the game.

a) VAR forced the ref to change his opinion on letting the game flow and the same could have been done on countless occasions in other matches, but wasn’t
b) despite phases of play, they took the game back a long way, something we’ve very rarely seen before
c) they spoilt some fantastic skill and entertainment, ultimately deciding the outcome of the game too.

How can this be in the spirit of the game?

fifascism and their poster boy argentina

 

[A_G]

Yes but he also never said he never took growth hormones, PEDs or fixed games etc.

Nice

 

[Batman]

Use the old adage, if you have to pay top dollar for the service, its generally not worth it. Applies in a number of areas and might hold here @Return of The King.

It would suck if they are just collecting a cheque and going through the motions as often is the case if its some souless capitalist/corporate aligned thing.

I'd just feel weird paying to meet a pair of men tbh. No offense @Riou

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Nice

You should've known better than to get involved in Ronaldo vs Messi fan wars, they will die over this sh*t.

 

[viktor]