{"id":36227,"date":"2026-07-16T18:33:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/watch-argentina-fans-burn-england-flags-after-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-win-football-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:03:52","slug":"watch-argentina-fans-burn-england-flags-after-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-win-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/watch-argentina-fans-burn-england-flags-after-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-win-football-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Argentina fans burn England flags after FIFA World Cup semi-final win | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132439100,imgsize-93779,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/argentina-fans-burn-england-flags-screengrabs.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: Argentina fans burn England flags after FIFA World Cup semi-final win\" title=\"Argentina fans burn England flags (Screengrabs)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Argentina fans burn England flags (Screengrabs)\">Argentina fans burn England flags (Screengrabs)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Argentina&#8217;s victory over England in the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/fifa-world-cup\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> semi-final sparked massive celebrations across Buenos Aires, but some fans drew criticism after burning England flags and displaying coffins decorated with the St George\u2019s Cross.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Videos and photos also showed supporters chanting songs linked to the Falklands War, while some carried Falklands-themed flags during the celebrations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The Falkland Islands became a major talking point before, during and after the match. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Ahead of the game, Argentina&#8217;s Vice President referred to England as \u201cusurping pirates\u201d, while President Javier Milei reiterated his country&#8217;s claim over the islands, saying, \u201cWe are doing everything humanly possible to bring the Falkland Islands back into Argentine hands. <!-- -->Sovereignty is not negotiable.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>During the match, fans from both countries booed each other&#8217;s national anthems. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Following the match, however, it was the clips of Argentina fans burning England flags that have been making the rounds on social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Watch:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>After Argentina&#8217;s 2-1 comeback win in Atlanta, several players celebrated with a banner reading \u201cLas Malvinas son Argentinas\u201d (The Falklands are Argentine). <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Tottenham defender Cristian Romero, Lisandro Martinez and Giovani Lo Celso were among those seen posing with it. Argentina had previously been fined by FIFA in 2014 for displaying a similar banner before a friendly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>Lionel Messi helped Argentina overturn an early deficit by setting up two late goals to send the defending champions into the World Cup final and eliminate England.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/> After the game, midfielder Leandro Paredes reinforced Argentina&#8217;s stance, saying the Falklands \u201cwill always be Argentine\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>The celebrations also extended to Ushuaia, where fans gathered near a Falklands War veterans&#8217; memorial. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>Britain and Argentina fought the 1982 Falklands War after Argentina invaded the islands. The conflict claimed the lives of hundreds on both sides, and the islands have remained a British Overseas Territory since then. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>Reports suggest FIFA could again review Argentina&#8217;s post-match celebrations over the political banner.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/watch-argentina-fans-burn-england-flags-after-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-win\/articleshow\/132437805.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina fans burn England flags (Screengrabs) Argentina&#8217;s victory over England in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-final sparked massive celebrations across Buenos Aires, but some fans drew criticism after burning England flags and displaying coffins decorated with the St George\u2019s Cross. Videos and photos also showed supporters chanting songs linked to the Falklands War, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}