#广场预测世界杯赢40000U After Argentina staged a 3-2 comeback win over Egypt, the Argentina Football Association’s email inbox is suspected to have been hacked. Several traveling reporters received abnormal emails, with content including “Argentina doesn’t deserve to win this game, the referee is corrupt.”

The Argentina FA recently disclosed that the association’s official email inbox may have been attacked by hackers. After the match, some Argentina beat reporters received emails allegedly sent from the Argentina FA’s official account, and the message was actually criticizing the referee’s decisions in the Argentina vs. Egypt match.

The incident was triggered by this World Cup’s Round of 16 match, in which Argentina came back to beat Egypt 3-2. The Egyptian side expressed strong anger over the calls made by the match’s French head referee, François Letexier.

Egypt’s FA filed an appeal with FIFA, requesting that the French head referee François Letexier and his officiating team be disqualified from officiating at this World Cup. It alleged that the referee showed favoritism toward Argentina.

After the match, François Letexier’s personal social media account was surrounded and attacked by large numbers of fans. In the end, he chose to shut down the account to avoid online abuse.

On July 10, FIFA Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina publicly responded: the two key decisions in this match (the disallowed Egyptian team’s goal, and the challenge before Argentina’s winning goal) both complied with the rules and were properly enforced. Egypt’s FA appeal would not change the match result, and Argentina’s advancement to the quarterfinals cannot be altered.

About 48 hours after that game ended, multiple Argentina beat reporters received abnormal emails allegedly from the Argentina FA’s official account. The content was completely contrary to the FA’s official position. The emails praised Egypt’s performance on the pitch and stated, “Argentina doesn’t deserve to win this match,” while claiming the result was caused by “corrupt referee decisions.”

According to information from within the Argentina FA, the batch of emails was not sent by association staff. The operation was carried out behind the scenes by a group of hackers of Egyptian nationality. The Argentina FA released an official statement: “We hereby inform the public that we have monitored an email that appears to have been sent from the association’s official account. This email was not written by our staff and has not been authorized internally.” The FA also reminded the public: “If you receive an abnormal email from our account in the near future, please do not believe it—especially messages that include links, attachments, or request personal information.” The Argentina FA added: “There is a possibility that our account has been illegally accessed. We are currently conducting a comprehensive investigation into the whole matter and implementing relevant security measures.”

So far, Egypt’s FA has not issued an official response to the hacking incident. The act has been regarded by the outside world as an unofficial, non-governmental form of behavior by extreme football fans.