The spiciness that took place in the match between Argentina and the Netherlands in the quarterfinals will strongly affect the players involved and the national teams, especially the albiceleste, who qualified in the kicks from the penalty spot to the semifinals . In various passages, there were provocations from players from both squads and FIFA seems to not overlook the attitude of several footballers, including Lionel Messi, Emiliano Martínez, Lautaro Martínez, among others.
And it is that, when Lautaro Martínez went to collect his maximum penalty that, in the end, gave him the victory and the ticket to the semifinals to Argentina, Denzel Dumfries and other players from the Netherlands surrounded him. He responded decently and with silence. When they scored and the pass to the next phase was consolidated, the Argentine provocations to the Dutch were noticed while some celebrated, others cried for the elimination.
Thus, Argentina faces a big problem because FIFA mentioned that the AFA will receive a sanction for the provocations, not only with the Netherlands, but also for what happened in the post-match with Lionel Messi, Emiliano el ‘Dibu’ Martínez with Mateu Lahoz and with Messi’s altercation with Wout Weghorst that one spoke of insults, the other said that the Dutchman, author of the two equalizer goals, provoked it.
FIFA will not ignore what happened, and will be waiting for what can happen, if it will only be an economic sanction for the AFA or if they risk losing players like Lionel Messi in the semifinals. It is worth remembering that a similar episode had already happened to Messi when he criticized in a Copa América that everything was being favorable to Brazil.
According to FIFA, the reason is due to the following articles, “the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has opened proceedings against the Argentine Football Association for possible infringements of articles 12 (Misconduct of players and officials) and 16 (Order and safety in matches) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code during the FIFA World Cup Netherlands vs. Argentina, a match that took place on December 9”.
However, the Netherlands is also under investigation, “in addition, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee 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.” But, the biggest problem is with the Argentines, waiting for the sanction that may fall on them. Lionel Messi, Emiliano Martínez, Lautaro Martínez and Leandro Paredes are under the magnifying glass.