{"id":695157,"date":"2026-07-16T16:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695157\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:53:09","slug":"lionel-messi-responds-to-vargentina-accusations-of-referee-favouritism-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695157\/","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\/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<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\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxORDBNeEIwNUZ4clpyNjBzdzFpY1JoVUlKcmxqTEJxOTdvMG82NkI4UnV1alJCbDlld3g0dmJ4TS1zX3dSQnRiLUZBLVNiNWJ5b1ZNQkx4bkFfcEI2eEZGTWJkRzE5VkZqaWFoY0hsT0hBdTdVbmVWWHhGNVBtVjBjdmppSUtMenJLZXhlXy1vQkxIbElEOWpyR2UxOG9qSmVONEFR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;VARgentina&#8217; reach semi-finals under cloud of complaints<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxPMUlZbHNpZXBQaHM4X2ljRC1mREd6Wi1lSnJwVF9fdnZrSFNydHgyQVhRdGFZSHZKYkVtUEhvc2s5dTN5VEdrWFNfU2FRYkpnNzNzYko0Y01KbFdFNzNBV1VjbEw1THhrZkw3RF9YVWRRZ0NDdHdiblNDWXlNdWlXbS1mTVRmQXd1bW92NzlBV1JTbURSUGtkMW13cTFVRlAyNnNuNG56a2Z3bnJoSEVSRTRmdURqTUhzX3o2WkUyaEhGQ1dNck45NGh6aFd1WWlaU3NfdzUtTmtjcGNVYW1lTk5wZWRzMFlKalNxR1pWeUJQRjVRa2VzWUE5UDNWdEU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FIFA World Cup: What triggered campaign against Lionel Messi and Argentina<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi responds to &#8216;VARgentina&#8217; accusations of referee favouritism&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardAre some teams getting favorable calls in World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[14632,309,218,2713,101,56,54,55,58033],"class_list":["post-695157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-argentina","tag-england","tag-football","tag-lionel-messi","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}