{"id":806946,"date":"2026-07-17T02:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806946\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:40:15","slug":"lionel-messi-responds-to-vargentina-accusations-of-referee-favouritism-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806946\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi responds to &#039;VARgentina&#039; accusations of referee favouritism &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQR0hQdzFJS1lTQW44SDdwbVJfNkdnTGlJeTB2MXplaUZjOGQ2Z3pqazR6ellkbEVMc2Z6cFQzMERXWHRQemdDVm5scmFwQkdETDQtWXN6U0J3WW10SHFialI5Z25Rem5YUEFXb1JsR2Mtdk11UEc0WDhvTGFfRmtCSDFud184RjU1dmJNcFFmdGhITDV0YUE4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lionel Messi responds to &#8216;VARgentina&#8217; accusations of referee favouritism<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPbUlaVVJ1OFBIaEg1Z2hFTVFzbnM2Z193ZXR3R0VoaUxfZVZOaHNZczJGZzNqU0lUVHZ3c3Z6dWJFMHRtTW5mTFhONjJxTGlwaHdoc19fT3oyU2ZWdERTUENyZDFTWnV5TzMxanhuWEpFR3IzR0EyYW1XcHRES0p4Uk9NTUEwY3UyVExnN2pJWWktbmVCOHgyWnQ0OExXTjVWMm9xNVBQdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Messi tells Argentina critics: &#8216;Nothing was handed to us&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPVDVqTGpRNGNvTlNJMVFMdXNvb0N2clNQWjlGUWxScmFSdTE4REItUUtMa0gzSVZrZzR6ZXNwTnAxWTJTLUVwZzEzdkF1a19wdmg1THZEWk41WExTSTQ2WUhiUlNaVXQ1NmYwWXNhUVd2ZXVFMERKWkJGc0NnTkdzZW9OdUpLanpzaUFUcFBmaS1aZTZiVWsxa2gyZy1uQS1seUQyUXJZcVMzcnNkZ2lVMmZMazJRZjRkamZ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Complaints over fairness cloud Argentina\u2019s spot in World Cup semi-finals<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxQdWthNUNfbXRqYmFEdHpnNElEMk9MeWFsSDV6cjNTMnRMcWI1QkhBUms1TGIwblh6dEpXX1N1aTJ0T3dWZkp6cmw3LVR6ZjN2WFh4MDJ2aEpvbk1PaFdqcU94eDBqWm5FYVUtSVh3aUN6Z3gwV2ZCWlFuRVVnOWZ2aGxwOVZrOUo2X1JNWnRJNHNPRWlFb1NmSnhSek9VWUtLZ1puVFRkTVhlS3lMYTFBUWFMUlpNSEJwSUtVMFA2NEtlTk5MUTlEWlBXeW01dEVHaUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fifa World Cup: 6 million sign petition to kick out Argentina, citing referee favouritism<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;South China Morning Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE52OXVHcnlrbUJqM3d3dkNKTEpjSHNsTGw5SVhSOW4xNFE0NHFiUUk1Y01sRU9UMWh1d3lGYmRQUWlCeml0QWx5SW9XZ3ZtQkJJallqbG96ZDhBcU5GXzFIR3pOMlVpdzJrU3JWUmZMeU9QWnpJWnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Are some teams getting favorable calls in World Cup matches? Here\u2019s what the data shows<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Northeastern Global News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi responds to &#8216;VARgentina&#8217; accusations of referee favouritism&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardMessi tells Argentina critics: &#8216;Nothing was handed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[12624,49,48,588,10884,561,82,13010],"class_list":["post-806946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-argentina","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-england","tag-lionel-messi","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}