Argentina v France - Sun 18th Dec, 15:00 | Final | World Cup 2022

[bluemoon32]

Hope its a great final with the Argies winning out

 

[gandalfthebrave]

Just seen footage of their players singing about us and the Falklands, calling us ‘putos’ which seems to mean gay prostitutes. They can get fucked I’m supporting neither team

A colleague is Argentinian and lives in Buenos Aires.

I brought up their Falklands chants on a Zoom call today, didn’t go down at all well with her or any of my other colleagues.

But, never one to give up, I pressed the issue until an explanation was offered……

To summarise, she said “I think you English have had lots of wars, but we’ve only had one war, so we are very sensitive about it.”

No idea how true it is but that’s the best explanation I could get.

I told her to build a fucking bridge, and I’d be cheering Messi on regardless.

I did then bring up the irony of the final being versus France, who sneakily supplied them with Exocet missiles during the Falklands War, but it was made very clear that was the end of the conversation at that point.

Waiting for an email from HR on Monday :)

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

Alvarez brace would be wonderful, may be then he might get his hands on the POTM award from which he was robbed from in the semis

 

[Keeper!]

Getting offended by that is like the Germans getting offended by the "German bombers" song. It is part of football culture, not to be taken literally.

Do you really think that folks like Aguero, Zabaleta, etc., who have lived on England for a big part of their lives and surely have a lot of respect and love for England and their people, really sing that song (and make no mistake, they have sang it many times during their lives) with any other intention than just sparking footballing banter?

People are far too sensitive these days.

 

[urban genie]

Puto is the masculine form of puta

and means whore/woman in reference to women, it has no homosexual meaning.

if aimed at men it normally means they are using it as a shortened version of son of a whore.


still backing Julian and an argie win, dressing room songs really don't bother me

 

[Paul1970]

Had a bet befire worked cup on both France and argies to win so looking to cash out on one . And advice on who to pick . Heard a virus is in the French camp but don’t know who .

 

[Paul1970]

Alvarez brace would be wonderful, may be then he might get his hands on the POTM award from which he was robbed from in the semis

Wait who won it ?

 

[Paul1970]

Hopefully Julian is not singing it as that would be a major fuck up by him and anyway what a shit nation who couldn’t even hang on to an island next door to them against a country thousands of miles away and giving them weeks and weeks notice . British soldiers lost their lives over there so they get zero respect from me .

 

[urban genie]

Alvarez brace would be wonderful, may be then he might get his hands on the POTM award from which he was robbed from in the semis

Alvarez could score 6 goals woth 2 perfect hat tricks and all that will be talked about is messi taking a throw in.

 

[lonestay]

If its a tight game i can see FIFA resorting to just about anything to get Messi a medal tomorrow .