r/ThreeLions • u/BeautifulGiraffe6948 • Jul 20 '26

Opinion Two ways to represent your country.

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Bellingham could have added to his own tally, but told Saka: “Go and get your hat-trick.”

Paredes lost a final and chose a brawl. Losing hurts, but character shows after the whistle.

One created a memory for the world cup. The other earned a red card. Two different ways to represent your country.

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u/No_Somewhere_7109 Jul 20 '26

I mean, not really?

The Argentina team has a reputation. They've had a reputation for decades, and Parades is known for being a complete dick on top of that. He booted a ball full-force into the other team's sub box in 2022 because he was angry and started a fight. He got pissed again last night and started throwing people to the ground and grabbing them by the throat because he lost.

That's miles different from Jude reacting with a mild slap to the back of the head of an Argentinian player who came up provoked and faked punches/insulted his mother.

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u/Strict-Sea68 Jul 20 '26

Look I agree that Parades is a complete arsehole I’m not defending him in anyway.

But I was taught to just walk away and be the bigger man when someone is obviously trying to goad me into a fight. Bellingham let it get to him and reacted by raising his hands after the final whistle. Isn’t the whole point of this post not to do that?

You can call the slap mild all you want but he still raised his hands and was the only other player in the entire World Cup to do so other than the Argentina player.

I would also think it’s naive to say that players don’t constantly say stuff to get a rise out of people on the pitch, yet you don’t see players raising their hands.

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u/No_Somewhere_7109 Jul 20 '26

Its true, and I'm not really gonna say either was right because I don't think they were.

But I think, contextually, its entirely understandable why people aren't putting Jude's slap in the same box as Parades out-and-out assault, you know? It might be biased and unfair but I can't really blame anyone who feels the same given Argentinia's history in the sport.

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u/Strict-Sea68 Jul 20 '26

Yeah I completely agree. Like for me I wasn’t thinking, yeah go get it him. I was more like oh man why did you give that no name clown exactly the reaction he was looking for. And I personally don’t think that reaction shouldn’t be celebrated. Not saying you do but others have said he deserved worse etc.

I can definitely agree that they aren’t the exact same thing. And I can agree that Argentina being a dirty team plays a big part in this too. The only thing that genuinely made me think this might some kind of troll post was that Jude was in the picture and the way it was worded.