Argentina played some of the dirtiest WC soccer I’ve ever seen.

You have to watch the France - Paraguay game. Absolutely crazy. Paraguayan players literally punching, elbowing, karate chopping French players, no fouls called.

4 yellow cards, 1 for England, 3 for Argentina. Martinez, Romero, and De Paul all got carded, as did Anderson

Personally, I think the ref should have started handing them out right from the start to set the tone, but then I hate dirty football. I personally think you should beat the other team by playing better football

They've always been like that. They poisoned a player once. FIFA did nothing.

Agreed, watching the match was painful. Spain vs France was a much, much better game.

And Norway got their goal annulled because some little push.

FIFA corrupt

Simeone should have been sent off, but more than anything I'm shocked that one Argentine backbencher didn't get booked for excessive celebration lol

The second half was fantastic football though. Unfortunately England earned the loss

That's just CONMEBOL and CONCACAF football tbh. It's kind of funny watching Europeans being all smug about Americans only watching football every 4 years, when it's equally amusing seeing Europeans who aren't aware that the American game tends to be more physical and chippy.

Throughout this tournament, I'm legitimately baffled at some of the things that aren't even considered fouls, according to the announcers. Like defenders literally tackling players to the ground. The announcer; that's good clean play, no foul there, that's great defense, good "no call" by the ref. Might as well start wearing helmets and pads and calling this football now...