Vanguard· 1h ago· 1 min read
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…
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