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#广场预测世界杯赢40000U More than 2.5 million people sign a petition calling for Argentina to be kicked out of the World Cup: FIFA and referees are biased toward Messi and Argentina, the champion has already been predetermined—kick Argentina out of the World Cup and give other teams a fair chance
According to a report by China Blue News citing media reports, recently, an online petition calling for the cancellation of Argentina’s World Cup participation qualification has attracted massive attention.
The petition has been posted on a website and has already received signatures from more than 2.5 million people.
The petition says: “It’s obvious that FIFA (FIFA) and the referees are biased toward Messi and Argentina. If the champion has already been decided, what chance do other countries still have to participate? Kick Argentina out of the World Cup and give other teams a fair chance.”
Previously, according to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing time July 8, in the dire situation of being down 0:2, with Messi missing a penalty in the first half, the defending champion Argentina scored three goals within the final 13 minutes of the match, pulling off a miraculous comeback against Egypt and advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Argentina celebrated the win, but from Egypt’s perspective, they believe such a match result is seriously unfair. In Egypt’s view, on one hand, their goal was nullified after a review of a prior foul; on the other hand, Argentina’s winning goal—upon VAR review—spared the action in which Salah was allegedly fouled earlier by an Argentina player, an action that should have led to Argentina’s goal being cancelled and a penalty awarded to Egypt.
Egypt’s head coach Hossam Hassan was furious: “I will say what I think, no matter the consequences. This is obviously a manipulated match, and the whole world has seen it. Also, I want to say one more thing: if they wanted Argentina to win so badly, why did they still call together teams like ours to compete?”
Hassan said bluntly that FIFA wanted Messi to stay in the World Cup: “FIFA advocates fair competition, but we didn’t see it on the pitch. If it weren’t for these wrong calls, the outcome would have been different. It’s all about marketing and money. They want Messi, this world champion, to keep his competitive edge in the match. In football, many things are decided off the field based on the interests of different parties. What happened is unfair. Egypt deserved to advance; we performed better than Argentina.”
According to the Oriental Sports Daily, Argentina scraped through and advanced into the World Cup quarterfinals by beating both Cape Verde and Egypt, and the controversial rulings in the two matches caused widespread dissatisfaction, with many believing FIFA and the referees intentionally favored Argentina. In the just-held pre–quarterfinals press conference, Argentina head coach Scaloni responded to the issue of referee bias.
Scaloni said that people have actually been talking about Argentina for a long time—for example, back in 1986, right? At that time, people also said we were getting special treatment, so this isn’t anything new. Some people don’t want Argentina to win. Although that’s normal, since there are also people who don’t want other teams to win. It’s just that, for us, maybe there are more people who don’t want us to win—perhaps because we are the champions of the previous edition. We’re fully aware of that; these voices do reach the players’ ears as well. We will use this to spark a kind of “rebellious” mindset, prompting them to fight back and put in an even more impressive performance.”
Scaloni continued: “But getting back to the main point, with VAR and all sorts of systems in place, it’s very difficult to get special treatment—it’s extremely difficult. With VAR, there isn’t much room for ambiguity at all. They explain it to us very clearly. If someone steps on Lisandro Martínez’s foot—whether it’s a heavy step or a light touch—that’s a foul. If that leads to a change of possession, the goal will be ruled invalid. There is simply no other interpretation.”
At the same time, he believes social media amplifies everything, and that is how controversy arises. “But there is absolutely no favoritism. On the contrary, nowadays it’s very hard to show favoritism to any side—it’s really next to impossible. I don’t know—maybe many years ago this could have been possible, but I don’t know. But today, it’s close to impossible.”
Citing reports from Chinese Blue News, it has recently drawn widespread attention online that a petition calling for the cancellation of Argentina’s World Cup participation rights.
The petition has been posted on a website and has already received more than 2.5 million signatures.
The petition states: “It’s obvious that FIFA (FIFA) and the referees are biased toward Messi and Argentina. Since the champion has already been decided, what chance do other countries have to participate? Kick Argentina out of the World Cup and give other teams a fair chance.”
Earlier, according to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing time on July 8, in the dire situation of being down 0-2, with Messi having missed a penalty in the first half, the defending champion Argentina team scored three goals within the final 13 minutes of the match, performing a miraculous comeback to beat Egypt and advance to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF World Cup.
Argentina celebrated for the win, but from Egypt’s perspective, they believe such a result was seriously unfair. In Egypt’s view, on the one hand, the team had a goal retrospectively canceled for a prior foul; on the other hand, Argentina’s match-winning shot, after VAR review, overlooked an apparent foul committed by an Argentina player against Salah before—one that should have led to canceling Argentina’s goal and awarding Egypt a penalty.
Egypt’s head coach Houssam Hassan was furious: “I’m going to say what I think, whatever the consequences. This is obviously a match that was manipulated, and the whole world has seen it. And I want to say one more thing: if they were so eager for Argentina to win, why did they even call us these teams to participate?”
Hassan said plainly that FIFA wanted Messi to stay in the World Cup: “FIFA advocates fair competition, but we didn’t see it on the pitch. If it weren’t for these bad decisions, the result would have been different. It’s all about marketing and money. They want Messi, this world champion, to keep his competitiveness during the matches. In football, many things are determined off the pitch according to the interests of all parties. What happened is unfair. Egypt deserved to advance—we performed better than Argentina.”
According to the Oriental Sports Daily, after Argentina scraped through and beat Cape Verde and Egypt to reach the World Cup quarterfinals, controversy over the officiating in the two matches has drawn dissatisfaction from multiple sides, with some believing FIFA and the referees intentionally favored Argentina. In the pre-match press conference for the just-held quarterfinal, Argentina head coach Scaloni responded to the question of referee bias.
Scaloni said that actually people have been talking about Argentina for a long time—“for example, back in 1986, right? Back then, people also said we were given special treatment, so this isn’t anything new. There are people who don’t want Argentina to win. Even though that’s normal, because there are also people who don’t want other teams to win. It’s just that, for us, maybe there are more people who don’t want us to win—perhaps because we are the defending champions. We know this all too well, and those voices do reach the players’ ears. We’ll use that to ignite a sense of ‘rebellion,’ push them to fight back, and produce even more精彩 performances.”
Scaloni continued: “But getting back to the main point, with VAR and all kinds of systems, it’s very hard to get special treatment—extremely hard. With VAR, there isn’t really much room for ambiguity. They explained it to us very clearly. If someone steps on Lisandro Martínez’s foot, whether it’s a heavy step or a slight touch, that’s a foul. If that leads to a change of possession, the goal will be ruled invalid. There’s no other way to interpret it.”
At the same time, he believes social media amplifies everything, which is why controversy arises. “But there is absolutely no favoritism. On the contrary, today it’s very difficult to favor any side—it’s really close to impossible. I don’t know—maybe many years ago it might have been possible, I’m not sure—but today, it’s almost impossible.”