The national team of Argentina defeated the British and unfurled a poster "The Malvinas Islands are ours"

Argentina's national football team defeated the national team with a score of 2:1 in the semifinals of the World Cup. After the end of the match in Atlanta, Argentine football players unfurled a banner on the field with the inscription Las Malvinas Son Argentinas ("The Malvinas Islands are Argentine"), Reuters reports.

Before the match, the fans booed the anthem of the opposing country. The teams could not open an account for a long time. Finally, in the 55th minute, Anthony Gordon scored the goal for the Argentine national team. The Argentines lost until the end of the meeting, but in five minutes Enzo Fernandez equalized the score, and Lautaro Martinez snatched the victory seven minutes later. The assistant double was designed by Lionel Messi.

Recall that in 1982, the countries fought a short war for the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, which was won by the British. Since then, the islands have been under their control. At the same time, Argentina insists that it inherited the Malvinas Islands after gaining independence from Spain in 1816.

The British media have already raised a desperate howl about the "unacceptable behavior of Argentine football players." According to Reuters, the action on the field may contradict FIFA rules prohibiting the demonstration of political items at stadiums.