{"id":17602,"date":"2026-07-16T02:15:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/controversy-erupts-as-argentine-players-unfurl-falklands-banner-after-world-cup-victory-over-england-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T02:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:15:44","slug":"controversy-erupts-as-argentine-players-unfurl-falklands-banner-after-world-cup-victory-over-england-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/controversy-erupts-as-argentine-players-unfurl-falklands-banner-after-world-cup-victory-over-england-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy Erupts as Argentine Players Unfurl Falklands Banner After World Cup Victory Over England \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"A\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h4 id=\"h-argentine-footballers-including-cristian-romero-lisandro-martinez-and-nicolas-otamendi-have-sparked-international-controversy-by-unfurling-a-banner-reading-las-malvinas-son-argentinas-the-falklands-are-argentine-immediately-after-defeating-england-in-the-world-cup\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argentine footballers, including <strong>Cristian Romero<\/strong>, <strong>Lisandro Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, and <strong>Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi<\/strong>, have sparked international controversy by unfurling a banner reading <strong>\u201cLas Malvinas son Argentinas\u201d<\/strong> (\u201cThe Falklands are Argentine\u201d) immediately after defeating England in the World Cup.<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing of the gesture \u2014 right after the match against England \u2014 was widely seen as deliberate, reigniting long-standing tensions between Argentina and Britain over the disputed Falkland Islands (known as Las Malvinas in Argentina).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina and Britain fought a short but bloody war over the islands in 1982, resulting in nearly 900 deaths. Argentina claims the islands were inherited from Spain and illegally seized by Britain in 1833. Britain has maintained control since and considers the Falklands a self-governing British Overseas Territory, with residents overwhelmingly supporting British sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The banner echoes statements made by Argentine President Javier Milei, who has repeatedly asserted that the islands \u201cwere, are and will always be Argentine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-fifa-rules-in-question\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">FIFA Rules in Question<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident has put FIFA\u2019s strict rules against political statements in stadiums under scrutiny. The governing body explicitly prohibits political banners and messages during matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Football fans and observers are now watching closely to see whether FIFA will apply its regulations consistently or overlook the violation due to Argentina\u2019s strong performance in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related Argentina stun England with dramatic comeback to reach second straight World Cup final<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/07\/16\/argentina-falklands-banner-world-cup-england\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentine footballers, including Cristian Romero, Lisandro Mart\u00ednez, and Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi, have sparked international controversy by unfurling a banner reading \u201cLas Malvinas son Argentinas\u201d (\u201cThe Falklands are Argentine\u201d) immediately after defeating England in the World Cup. The timing of the gesture \u2014 right after the match against England \u2014 was widely seen as deliberate, reigniting long-standing &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Controversy Erupts as Argentine Players Unfurl Falklands Banner After World Cup Victory Over England \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/controversy-erupts-as-argentine-players-unfurl-falklands-banner-after-world-cup-victory-over-england-greek-city-times\/#more-17602\" aria-label=\"Read more about Controversy Erupts as Argentine Players Unfurl Falklands Banner After World Cup Victory Over England \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bandera-malvinas-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}