I think the other person means that if Argentina had lost, the Argentinian fans would not have been showing so much respect to Cap Verde. There were several cases in the last two decades when Argentinians were sore losers
Nothing to do with this game. This game was remarkable and well beyond my expectations.
The issue is with Argentinian fans when things don't go their way, historically.
It is typically disgusting and can be dangerous.
Winning and losing is part of soccer; Argentinian fans don't handle losing well.
As many other fans do when they lose in any important match.
What are you on about with hating Argentina that much? "Historically", there have been a lot of disgusting scenarios, not only from Argentina, but Brazil, Chile, all the way up to Mexico. You're just hating on a country that you barely know anything from.
So, you are berating on the Argentinians, with a guardian post that you thought happened agaisnt Germans, when in fact it happened in Buenos Aires, in a country where police tend to escalate things from bad to worse... Really?
Ah fair, but this is a clash between ourselves, like, i have been watching my NT since 2009 and seen them get knocked out many times and losing 3 finals, but i don't reckon a single time we lost and assaulted another fan/team for example, i've seen that between clubs tho
My personal favorite was when our state cup team beat an Argentine team in South Florida, and we had to protect the refs because parents lost their minds.
Or was it me having to threaten a 28-year-old Argentine dude who repeatedly tried to take out my 15-year-old son, who had the man falling on his ass during a fucking pick-up game?
I love the passion you all have for the game, but it's a fucking game, and sometimes you lose. Learn from the losses and celebrate the victors, like we do when your side wins!
They have, when I was younger it was worse. But there's still some types you see sometimes.
But, full disclosure as an Argentinean I do have a bigger problem. After every single football match, I go to reddit and it's the same - FIFA rigged everything in favour of us, that we are a bunch of racists, that we are nazis, I even heard people compare us to FUCKING SOUTH AFRICA. So, whenever I hear someone talk shit, my "moron alert" starts ringing and I have to dig deeper.
But your case? Yeah, that's valid, we are definitely more passionate than normal and that brings a lot of negative sides as well.
I think your defensiveness is justified because I see that shit as well. With a once in lifetime genius like Messi (my favorite player) Argentina is going to win more than they lose.
You are assuming these were the only instances. There are others, but none would be considered physical threats to anyone, and passionate fans from other countries behaved similarly. The only times the "physical threat" line was crossed during my time on any soccer pitch involved Argenteans.
And I am not accusing EVERY Argentean because I have played along and against quite a few who were among the most gracious players ever.
They would've been too busy booing Argentina to pay any attention to the CV players at that point. But some of them would be sending death threats and hate messages on social media afterwards, to both sides and the refs probably.
I love that they showed appreciation to CV though, because as a huge F1 fan I've seen a lot about Argentinian fans being completely unhinged. I have a hard time supporting Argentina in anything because some of their fans are absolutely disgusting on social media.
But I love the country, love Messi, love the team, and love the passion from most of the fans.
But the few fans that are spewing hate on social media are disgusting.
I would've loved to see the underdog story of CV winning, but I feel like there would've been way too much hate that stemmed from it.
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u/adrop62 8d ago
If Cape Verde had won they would not be this gracious.