Today, the lads in the English team played their hearts out for the first time in this World Cup tournament against Portugal. The only outcome was to have two penalties disallowed, Rooney unjustly sent off, and penalties that England scored after extra time rejected by the Argentinian referee.Who the hell assigned an Argentinian referee to this match?

England and Argentina have never been on good terms, and this is not only due to football. We had rough games in 1966 and 1980 (which England won under controversial circumstances).

In 1982, the Falklands War took place. Argentina claimed it had a right to the islands (which are close to Argentina) despite the fact that they were under British control. The Argentines invaded. They were warned to leave. They didn’t. Days later, a British naval task force left Britain to reclaim the islands (and succeeded) resulting in thousands of casualties on both sides.

In 1984, a filthy cheat of a player (which is not suprising since he’s Argentinian) named Maradona scored a goal against England by punching the ball into the goal with his left fist. Argentina beat England 2-1.

In the 1998 World Cup, Argentina beat England 4-3 on penalties, and later in 2002 England replied with a 1-0 victory over Argentina, which further fueled the enmity between both sides.

So I ask again, what fucking imbecile allowed an Argentinian to referee an England match?

England did not deserve to lose to Portugal. Especially considering how the Portuguese played. They took dives, exagerrated fouls, deliberately injured English players, and basically cheated whenever they had the opportunity to ensure a win against England.

The Oscar certainly went to the Portuguese today. I hope the sport of football never has to endure this bullshit again.

Unfortunately, until severe action is taken against teams like Argentina and Portugal, one can only hope for such a time to come.

Argentina are out of this World Cup already. May defeat come swift to the Portuguese.

I shall be watching with a satisfied smile when Cristiano Ronaldo cries his way back home to Portugal.