China News Network, January 14 On the 13th local time, FIFA announced that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee will investigate Argentina's misconduct in the Qatar World Cup final.
According to documents released on FIFA's website, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee made five decisions this time, punishing the Ecuadorian Football Federation, the Mexican Football Federation, and the Serbian Football Federation, and announced the results of the punishments. The Argentine Football Federation and the Croatian Football Federation filed a lawsuit and announced the launch of the investigation.
Image source: Screenshot of FIFA website
According to this document, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has filed a lawsuit against the Argentine Football Federation for possible violations of articles 11 (offensive conduct and violation of the principle of fair play) and 12 (misconduct by players and officials) of the FIFA Disciplinary Regulations. and during Argentina's World Cup final against France, the former may have violated Qatar World Cup regulations on media and marketing work.
Some media analysis said that once the violation is established, the Argentine team may face high financial penalties.
However, the documents released this time do not specifically mention what actions of the Argentine team in the World Cup led to the investigation. Some foreign media said that the investigation may be related to the indecent actions of Argentina goalkeeper Martinez at the Qatar World Cup medal ceremony.
The picture shows Argentina holding the Hercules Cup.
In the Qatar World Cup, which ended at the end of last year, Argentina won the Hercules Cup again after 36 years under the leadership of Messi and others. In the final, they beat defending champions France 7-5 on aggregate after a penalty shootout.
After this news was exposed, it also triggered heated discussions among netizens.
Image source: screenshot of netizen comment
Image source: screenshot of netizen comment
Image source: screenshot of netizen comment
Image source: screenshot of netizen comment
Image source: screenshot of netizen comment
At present, the investigation against the Argentine team is in its initial stage, and the specific results are not yet known. I believe that in the near future, FIFA will give corresponding judgments.
In fact, as early as the end of the World Cup, FIFA punished teams that violated the rules during the group stage. Croatia was fined CHF 50,000 for fans verbally attacking Canadian goalkeeper Borjan during the group match against Canada. Serbia was fined CHF 20,000 for flying a controversial flag in the dressing room during the group match against Brazil. Saudi Arabia received two fines of CHF 15,000 for six yellow cards in the group stage against Argentina and Mexico.
In addition, in the results of the published investigation of irregularities during the World Cup, the Ecuadorian Football Federation, the Mexican Football Federation and the Serbian Football Federation were fined CHF 20,000, CHF 100,000 and CHF 50,000 respectively.
The FIFA disciplinary committee also announced the launch of an investigation into the Croatian Football Federation. (End)