Argentina Football Association don talk say e go carry matter go Court of Arbitration for Sport afta FIFA reject di appeals against punishments wey dem give di association and midfielder Leandro Paredes. Di 10-match ban and $90,000 fine on Paredes still stand, even though FIFA reduce Nahuel Molina suspension from seven games to four.
Di AFA also get $321,000 fine for breaches of FIFA disciplinary code. Di breaches include using sports event for demonstrations of non-sporting nature, team misconduct, and discriminatory chants and gestures by Argentina supporters. Di AFA statement talk say since FIFA stand by di punishments, di next step na to ask for di reasons behind di decisions before dem go CAS.
Trouble start after Argentina beat England 2-1 for World Cup semi-final. Several Argentina players hold up banner wey claim Argentine sovereignty over Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory.
For di 2026 World Cup final, Argentina lose 1-0 to Spain. Afta di match, Paredes, Molina, Thiago Almada and assistant coach Roberto Ayala appear to get involved in fracas as Spain celebrate. Paredes seem to push Spain’s Eric Garcia by di throat, while unused substitute Gavi try to intervene but Almada force am to ground. FIFA later appoint disciplinary and ethics prosecutor to look into di matter before e issue sanctions.
Molina don already miss three Argentina friendly wins against Bolivia, Burkina Faso and Benin in October. Wit di ban now four games, he get one match left. But Lionel Scaloni leave am out of di latest Argentina squad for November friendlies against Uruguay and Costa Rica. Paredes own suspension remain 10 games and e fine no change.
