Yeah, you can say that, but when there are so many "mistakes" that casually benefits one side, and is always the same team, there is something weird happening.
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Controversial decisions don't automatically mean it's rigged. Every team has benefited from and suffered because of referee mistakes. Human error is part of football. Calling the entire World Cup "rigged" requires much stronger evidence than a few decisions that fans disagree with. I also think once we start disliking a team or a player, every decision that goes in their favor feels suspicious while the ones against them are easily forgotten. That's just how bias works.
Well, the second yellow card shown to Embolo last night was a right decision, because it was a clear simulation. But when Argentina played against Cabo Verde, Enzo Fernández did the same thing and it was a foul for Argentina. Not everyone is getting the same treatment. And is happening during all world cup, and even before, because there was a weird thing even in the drafts for the group phase.
Fair points on the frustration, but there's a big logical leap here. Different refs making different calls across separate matches isn't "unequal treatment," it’s just the unfortunate reality of subjective refereeing decisions.
Yeah, that "unfortunate reality" is also usually called "corruption".
The red card not given to Messi vs Argelia, that yellow card forgiven to Enzo, Messi telling "whistle" to the reff so he can shoot before Cape Verde was even ready and go away with it, the wait for Tagliafico so he can go in an score the 3rd goal when he should be left out for 1 minut, as the rules say, the 9 penalty shots to Argentina in 2 WC, setting a record.
There are too many weird things happening around Argentina just to be "unfortunate reality".
You're free to believe what you want but a collection of controversial refereeing decisions is still not evidence of corruption. Every major team has benefited from and suffered because of referee mistakes. If there were actual proof that the World Cup was fixed, it would require real evidence, not assumptions built from disputed moments. At this point, I don't think I'll be able to make someone understand who has already decided not to accept any explanation. So it's better to end this conversation here. Have a good day.
Well, the European parliament and the FBI are opening some investigations to FIFA and AFA. Maybe we can have answers about all this soon.
Every national team drafted was assigned to the group alphabetically, but when it was Argentina's turn, they skipped Group I and put them in Group J. Tell me that's not, at least, suspicious.
The group draft isn't just a simple alphabetical list. FIFA draws have complex algorithms to prevent regional overlap (like keeping CONMEBOL or CAF teams separated in the group stages). When a team "skips" a group on screen, it's just the automated system enforcing those pre-determined draw rules in real-time.
So I'll explain again groups get "Skipped" If a team like Argentina (CONMEBOL) is drawn, they cannot legally enter a group that already has another South American team in it. When this happens, FIFA's automated draw software instantly flags the geographical clash. It automatically "skips" the restricted group and places the team into the next legally available slot (such as skipping Group I to land in Group J).
Then why was it skipped if there wasn't any Latin American team on that group? Argentina was the very first team to be drafted for that group. So, it doesn't make sense.
Being the first team drawn doesn't automatically mean you stay in the first available group. The draw follows predefined allocation rules, including avoiding certain confederation conflicts and balancing the groups. A team can be temporarily skipped and placed in the next eligible group according to those rules. So the fact that Argentina was skipped at that moment isn't evidence of rigging by itself. If you think the rule was broken then can you point to the specific FIFA regulation that says they should have gone into that group?
I'm not saying there is a rule that was broken, I'm saying that it hadn't happen to any other team on the draft, just them, and "casually" it ends being a group very "accessible" for them.