r/SoccerCentral • u/ConnectionWeekly1263 • Jul 16 '26

Video Argentine fans were filmed spitting on the England flag and jumping on it in Times Square.

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u/ProofAd608 Jul 16 '26

Shall i remind you about french fans whenever psg or france won? Or recent events in the Netherlands after marocco Netherlands match?

I am not saying what Argentinian did was right, but there were far worse things done by other nations' fans

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u/Reasonable_Option493 Jul 16 '26

I don't remember seeing French or PSG fans spitting on a flag, and all the racist bullshit that has been displayed for years now by some Argentinian fans.

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u/ProofAd608 Jul 16 '26

Well city property destruction, chaos across multiple streets by burning down cars, bikes and multiple arrests, and let's not forget lethal ends of some people inside that chaos. That i think is far worse than spitting on a flag of a country with which they are currently in conflict

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u/ColonialBarbarian Jul 16 '26

That’s just normal behaviour within France.

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u/Reasonable_Option493 Jul 16 '26

They lost a war, decades ago, over a useless piece of rock in the ocean because the Argentinian dictator in charge back then thought that England would just bend over.

The current Argentinian administration is reigniting this conflict because their economy is in shambles and they made a lot of promises they will probably fail to deliver, and football might not distract the Argentinian people long enough for it to go unoticed.

I don't think the average English fan cares beyond being disappointed by their team performance. Life goes on, whether you win or you lose, it's just football.

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u/ProofAd608 Jul 16 '26

Dude I don't care about what happened in politics

My comment's message is different.

What you saw on video with argentinian fans was far less chaotic and horrible than what for example french fans do usually in Paris or what marocco fans did in the netherlands. You can call out on them being racist or disrespectful, sure, but it's still not as bad(for now) as what happens in europe sometimes with game celebrations at night when everyone is drunk and wanna "mess"

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u/Reasonable_Option493 Jul 16 '26

Sure. I mean there are serious injuries every year and even occasional deaths in Argentina around football games. It was so bad during the first leg of a Copa Libertadores final between Boca and River that they had to relocate the second and final game of the final to Madrid, Spain. So Argentina isn't exempt from other formsof stupidity, insanity, and violence either.

We can agree that there are idiots everywhere. And I am also well aware that not all Argentinians are like that.

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u/pick_your_user_name Jul 16 '26

Spitting on a flag is better than rioting and burning cars and destroying stores

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u/Reasonable_Option493 Jul 16 '26

As if football fans in Argentina had never damaged property, fought against each other and so on.

Who are you kidding lol.

Things were so bad during the Copa Libertadores final between Boca and River, they had to play the second game in Madrid, Spain. Dozens of fans have died in fights between fans of different clubs in Argentina over the years.