NewzArgentina players hold a banner reading 'The Malvinas (Falkland Islands) belong to Argentina' after beating England in the 2026 World Cup semi-final. (AFP pic)PARIS: Fifa announced Wednesday that it had opened proceedings into some Argentina players for their behaviour after losing the World Cup to Spain.A handful of Argentina players and staff confronted their Spanish rivals after the final whistle of the final in New York which Spain won 1–0 after extra time.Argentina players including Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and Leandro Paredes, as well as Argentinian official Roberto Ayala, were involved in the incidents, as was Spain's Pablo Martin Paez Gavira.Disciplinary proceedings were opened with the quintet facing charges from assault to unsporting behaviour.Fifa will also investigate an incident following Argentina's 2-1 semi-final victory over England in which players held up a banner that read: "Las Malvinas son Argentinas" (The Falklands are Argentine).Fifa said the proceedings would target potential breaches of the world governing body's articles on using a sports event for demonstrations of a non-sporting nature, team misconduct, discrimination and racist abuse, and order and security at matches.The latter comes "in light of discriminatory chants and gestures, late kick-offs, failure to comply with match and security protocols, the display of inappropriate messages by the team and spectators and the throwing of objects by spectators in relation to several matches of the representative team of Argentina at the Fifa World Cup 2026". FIFA hits Argentina with World Cup charges for scuffle after final with Spain and 'Malvinas' banner after England game.
FIFA announced Wednesday that it had opened proceedings into some Argentina players for their behaviour after losing the World Cup to Spain. A handful of Argentina players and staff confronted their Spanish rivals after the final whistle of the final in New York which Spain won 1–0 after extra time. Argentina players including Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and Leandro Paredes, as well as Argentinian official Roberto Ayala, were involved in the incidents, as was Spain’s Pablo Martin Paez Gavira.
Disciplinary proceedings were opened with the quintet facing charges from assault to unsporting behaviour. FIFA will also investigate an incident following Argentina’s 2-1 semi-final victory over England in which players held up a banner that read: “Las Malvinas son Argentinas” (The Falklands are Argentine). FIFA said the proceedings would target potential breaches of the world governing body’s articles on using a sports event for demonstrations of a non-sporting nature, team misconduct, discrimination and racist abuse, and order and security at matches.
The latter comes “in light of discriminatory chants and gestures, late kick-offs, failure to comply with match and security protocols, the display of inappropriate messages by the team and spectators and the throwing of objects by spectators in relation to several matches of the representative team of Argentina at the FIFA World Cup 2026”. Vanguard News The post Argentina players face FIFA investigation over World Cup final altercation with Spain appeared first on Vanguard News. FIFA's Disciplinary Committee on Wednesday opened disciplinary proceedings against three Argentine footballers, a member of the national team's coaching staff and Spain's Gavi over incidents that followed the 2026 World Cup final, which Spain won 1-0 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
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