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Fifa has opened an investigation into nan convulsive scenes that followed Spain’s World Cup last triumph connected Sunday, pinch respective Argentina players facing bans.
Nahuel Molina appeared to onslaught Spain’s skipper Rodri successful nan tummy arsenic he ran connected to nan transportation pursuing nan last whistle, while location was besides a ample melee connected nan halfway line, wherever Leandro Paredes appeared to drawback Eric García by nan pharynx earlier throwing Gavi to nan ground.
Parades was subsequently shown a reddish paper by nan referee, Slavko Vincic, who had besides sent disconnected Enzo Fernández towards nan extremity of normal time, arsenic good arsenic booking 3 different Argentina players and nan caput coach, Lionel Scaloni.
“Following an appraisal of nan applicable lucifer reports for nan Fifa World Cup last betwixt Spain and Argentina, and successful statement pinch article 36 of nan Fifa Disciplinary Code (FDC), nan Fifa Disciplinary Committee has appointed a Disciplinary and Ethics Prosecutor to analyse imaginable breaches of nan FDC pinch respect to nan post-match incidents,” Fifa said successful a statement.
Fifa is besides investigating Argentina’s behaviour aft their semi-final triumph complete England, erstwhile their players celebrated pinch a banner proclaiming “Las Malvinas boy Argentinas”, which was smuggled into nan Atlanta Stadium by supporters.
Fifa prohibits players aliases teams making governmental statements, truthful those progressive could beryllium banned.
