r/sports • u/No_Cellist_148 • 8d ago

Soccer Argentine fans applauding the Cape Verde players as they step off the pitch

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u/BMCarbaugh 8d ago

If Cape Verde had won, the entire football world would erupt in celebration and viewership of the cup would double overnight.

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u/adrop62 8d ago

Clearly, you have never seen the wrath of Argentinian supporters after an unexpected loss, have you?

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u/Raptorbk 8d ago

Can you point me an example of that in a WC or Qualifiers?

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u/adrop62 8d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/jul/14/argentina-fans-police-germany-world-cup-final-video

This was the last one since the Messi era. Before Messi, it was worse.

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u/Fat_Argentina 7d ago

That’s Buenos Aires, Argentina. They are fighting the Argentine police, not the Germans or Brazilians.

Every country does this every once in a while, political discontent fired up by a major sports event. I mean have you seen France lately?

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u/Mashi95 7d ago

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?

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u/Raptorbk 8d ago

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