Former Spurs player Giovanni Lo Celso holding the banner, among others (Image: Getty)
Argentina’s World Cup team has launched a scathing attack on England after denying the Three Lions a spot in the World Cup final.
The defending World Cup champions beat England 2-1 in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 15.
The South American country’s players rubbed salt in the wounds of England’s team, holding a banner that reads “The Falklands belong to us” after the match.
The animosity between England and Argentina runs deeper than football, tracing its most intense modern roots back to the Falklands War in 1982.
The banner was echoing the words of Argentinian President Javier Milei, who wrote in a post earlier this year that the islands “were, are and will always be Argentine.”
The banner reads: “The Falklands belong to us” (Image: Getty)
Argentina has long claimed it inherited the islands, which it calls Las Malvinas, from Spain after its independence in 1816 and has claimed that Britain took control in 1833 through an illegal colonial act.
Britain and Argentina fought a brief war over the islands in 1982 over the disputed territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. This fundamentally changed the diplomatic relationship between the two nations, permanently infusing their future athletic meetings with heavy political and nationalistic undertones.
On April 2, 1982, Argentine military forces launched an invasion of the Falkland Islands. In response, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher assembled and dispatched a naval task force to the South Atlantic to recapture the islands by force.
Over 74 days, the military forces of both nations engaged in intense, close-quarters land, air and sea battles in unforgiving weather conditions.
View of Port Stanley from Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands (Image: Getty)
The fighting ended on June 14, 1982 when the remaining Argentine forces officially surrendered at Port Stanley, returning complete control of the territory to the UK.
Although relatively short, the fierce military conflict resulted in a devastating loss of life on both sides. A total of 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British Armed Forces personnel and three civilian Falkland Islanders died in the hostilities.
On the football pitch, this geopolitical tension played out during the 1986 World Cup quarter-final, where Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” goal and his spectacular solo effort eliminated England.
They have since clashed several times on the global stage, including a dramatic penalty shootout victory for Argentina in 1998 and a tense 1-0 group stage victory for England in 2002, firmly cementing the fixture as one of international football’s most infamous rivalries.
Former Spurs player Giovanni Lo Celso holding the banner, among others (Image: Getty)
Argentina’s World Cup team has launched a scathing attack on England after denying the Three Lions a spot in the World Cup final.
The defending World Cup champions beat England 2-1 in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 15.
The South American country’s players rubbed salt in the wounds of England’s team, holding a banner that reads “The Falklands belong to us” after the match.
The animosity between England and Argentina runs deeper than football, tracing its most intense modern roots back to the Falklands War in 1982.
The banner was echoing the words of Argentinian President Javier Milei, who wrote in a post earlier this year that the islands “were, are and will always be Argentine.”
The banner reads: “The Falklands belong to us” (Image: Getty)
Argentina has long claimed it inherited the islands, which it calls Las Malvinas, from Spain after its independence in 1816 and has claimed that Britain took control in 1833 through an illegal colonial act.
Britain and Argentina fought a brief war over the islands in 1982 over the disputed territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. This fundamentally changed the diplomatic relationship between the two nations, permanently infusing their future athletic meetings with heavy political and nationalistic undertones.
On April 2, 1982, Argentine military forces launched an invasion of the Falkland Islands. In response, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher assembled and dispatched a naval task force to the South Atlantic to recapture the islands by force.
Over 74 days, the military forces of both nations engaged in intense, close-quarters land, air and sea battles in unforgiving weather conditions.
View of Port Stanley from Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands (Image: Getty)
The fighting ended on June 14, 1982 when the remaining Argentine forces officially surrendered at Port Stanley, returning complete control of the territory to the UK.
Although relatively short, the fierce military conflict resulted in a devastating loss of life on both sides. A total of 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British Armed Forces personnel and three civilian Falkland Islanders died in the hostilities.
On the football pitch, this geopolitical tension played out during the 1986 World Cup quarter-final, where Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” goal and his spectacular solo effort eliminated England.
They have since clashed several times on the global stage, including a dramatic penalty shootout victory for Argentina in 1998 and a tense 1-0 group stage victory for England in 2002, firmly cementing the fixture as one of international football’s most infamous rivalries.
Former Spurs player Giovanni Lo Celso holding the banner, among others (Image: Getty)
Argentina’s World Cup team has launched a scathing attack on England after denying the Three Lions a spot in the World Cup final.
The defending World Cup champions beat England 2-1 in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 15.
The South American country’s players rubbed salt in the wounds of England’s team, holding a banner that reads “The Falklands belong to us” after the match.
The animosity between England and Argentina runs deeper than football, tracing its most intense modern roots back to the Falklands War in 1982.
The banner was echoing the words of Argentinian President Javier Milei, who wrote in a post earlier this year that the islands “were, are and will always be Argentine.”
The banner reads: “The Falklands belong to us” (Image: Getty)
Argentina has long claimed it inherited the islands, which it calls Las Malvinas, from Spain after its independence in 1816 and has claimed that Britain took control in 1833 through an illegal colonial act.
Britain and Argentina fought a brief war over the islands in 1982 over the disputed territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. This fundamentally changed the diplomatic relationship between the two nations, permanently infusing their future athletic meetings with heavy political and nationalistic undertones.
On April 2, 1982, Argentine military forces launched an invasion of the Falkland Islands. In response, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher assembled and dispatched a naval task force to the South Atlantic to recapture the islands by force.
Over 74 days, the military forces of both nations engaged in intense, close-quarters land, air and sea battles in unforgiving weather conditions.
View of Port Stanley from Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands (Image: Getty)
The fighting ended on June 14, 1982 when the remaining Argentine forces officially surrendered at Port Stanley, returning complete control of the territory to the UK.
Although relatively short, the fierce military conflict resulted in a devastating loss of life on both sides. A total of 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British Armed Forces personnel and three civilian Falkland Islanders died in the hostilities.
On the football pitch, this geopolitical tension played out during the 1986 World Cup quarter-final, where Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” goal and his spectacular solo effort eliminated England.
They have since clashed several times on the global stage, including a dramatic penalty shootout victory for Argentina in 1998 and a tense 1-0 group stage victory for England in 2002, firmly cementing the fixture as one of international football’s most infamous rivalries.