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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.
You have to watch the France - Paraguay game. Absolutely crazy. Paraguayan players literally punching, elbowing, karate chopping French players, no fouls called.
That's just CONMEBOL and CONCACAF football tbh. It's kind of funny watching Europeans being all smug about Americans only watching football every 4 years, when it's equally amusing seeing Europeans who aren't aware that the American game tends to be more physical and chippy.
The English league is notoriously more physical than the other big leagues in Europe.
Argentina was no more physical than England that game. They were both trading fouls in the first half
4 yellow cards, 1 for England, 3 for Argentina. Martinez, Romero, and De Paul all got carded, as did Anderson
Personally, I think the ref should have started handing them out right from the start to set the tone, but then I hate dirty football. I personally think you should beat the other team by playing better football
Agreed, watching the match was painful. Spain vs France was a much, much better game.
The refereeing in that game was arguably worse than the Argentina-England game. And this is coming from an England supporter.
They've always been like that. They poisoned a player once. FIFA did nothing.
Throughout this tournament, I'm legitimately baffled at some of the things that aren't even considered fouls, according to the announcers. Like defenders literally tackling players to the ground. The announcer; that's good clean play, no foul there, that's great defense, good "no call" by the ref. Might as well start wearing helmets and pads and calling this football now...
Rule of thumb. If they touch the ball then it's not a foul.