The Argentina national team eliminated on penalties Holland of the Qatar 2022 World Cup with a hot finish. Is that during the match, the definition and the post there were discussions between the players of both teams and also with members of the coaching staff. For this heFIFA has opened a file against the Argentine Football Federation to investigate “possible violations” of the members of the Albiceleste delegation.
As the Zurich-based body reported this Saturday, “FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has initiated proceedings against the Argentine Football Federation for possible violations of articles 12 (Misconduct of players and referees) and 16 (order and safety in matches) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code during the match Netherlands – Argentina of the FIFA World Cup which took place on December 9″.
Furthermore, “the FIFA Disciplinary Commission has opened proceedings against the Dutch Football Association for possible infringements of Article 12 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code in relation to the same match”.
The statements of Louis Van Gaal, the Dutch coach, before the match (he said that Lionel Messi didn’t add to his squad when he didn’t have the ball, also that he didn’t play a good game at the crossroads in 2014) had already become the game climate this Friday was rare.
During the definition on penalties there were attitudes from European players that annoyed the Argentines. It is that the Dutch, who had missed the first two shots, They were trying to distract the Argentine players on their way to the penalty spot. When Argentina’s victory was consummated, the South Americans taunted their rivals.
Later, in the mixed zone, during an interview, Lionel Messi ran into Wout Weghorst and immortalized the phrase “What are you looking at, fool, go there”.
What happened before, during and after the match is what FIFA will investigate. In case of ascertainment of infringements -in any case- there would be no sporting but economic sanctions.
Source: Clarin
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