{"id":576589,"date":"2026-08-22T05:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/576589\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T05:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:40:09","slug":"argentina-fined-and-players-banned-by-fifa-over-falklands-banner-and-final-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/576589\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina fined and players banned by Fifa over Falklands banner and final brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Argentina\u2019s next two home games will also have to be played in front of a 50% capacity crowd.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe AFA has been fined after Argentina players paraded around a banner referencing the Falkland Islands after beating England in the Fifa World Cup semi-finals. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n

Three Argentina players and one coach have been slapped with bans after their actions in the World Cup final where they could be seen having a physical altercation with members of the Spanish team.<\/p>\n

Leandro Paredes, who was seen grabbing Eric Garcia by the throat and wrestling Gavi to the ground, is banned for 10 international matches and fined US$90,000, while his teammate Nahuel Molina will have to pay the same fine but is banned for only seven games.<\/p>\n

\"LeandroLeandro Paredes has been banned for 10 international matches for his actions after the Fifa World Cup final finished. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Forward Thiago Almada was the third player for Argentina to face sanctions with a one-match ban and a US$30,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Roberto Ayala, who is part of the coaching team, has been banned for three matches and also fined US$30,000.<\/p>\n

The AFA said it would be appealing all suspensions and fines.<\/p>\n

\"LionelLionel Messi and Argentina lost to Spain in the 2026 Fifa World Cup final. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Spain and Barcelona midfielder Gavi has been hit with a one-match ban and a US$30,000 fine for his part in the fracas.<\/p>\n

The ugly scenes followed Spain\u2019s extra-time victory over Argentina<\/a>, which prevented the South Americans from becoming the first nation since Brazil in 1962 to win back-to-back World Cups.<\/p>\n

Spain secured their second World Cup trophy through a 106th minute Ferran Torres goal and conceded just one goal throughout the entire tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Argentina\u2019s next two home games will also have to be played in front of a 50% capacity crowd.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[13735,95,8018,26977,49324,50356,1558,51369,3595,32565,1872,260835,283887,36862,5904,19631,305,3096,42031,661,111,139,69,1523,10702,8565,213,165,6123,102,377],"class_list":["post-576589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-actions","tag-and","tag-argentina","tag-banned","tag-banner","tag-bans","tag-been","tag-brawl","tag-by","tag-display","tag-face","tag-falkland","tag-falklands","tag-fifa","tag-final","tag-fined","tag-have","tag-islands","tag-lengthy","tag-major","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-players","tag-sanctions","tag-sports","tag-their","tag-while","tag-with","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}