{"id":9739,"date":"2026-07-18T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9739"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:54:28","slug":"argentinas-controversial-world-cup-banner-got-into-the-stadium-by-way-of-some-dudes-underwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9739","title":{"rendered":"Argentina&#8217;s controversial World Cup banner got into the stadium by way of some dude&#8217;s underwear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6401382537112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Messi&#8217;s Argentina faces Spain in World Cup Final<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Sports analyst Dan Dakich previews the FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and Spain, highlighting Lionel Messi&#8217;s leadership. Dakich predicts Argentina will win, praising Messi&#8217;s consistent greatness. The discussion then shifts to WNBA star Caitlin Clark, whom NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called a &#8216;political football&#8217; amid physical play controversies. Dakich attributes some issues to WNBA players&#8217; jealousy and envy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">I kind of feel like people tried to dance around it before the match, but as soon as I saw that Argentina and England were playing each other in the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1812641\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/soccer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Cup semifinals<\/a>, I thought, &#8220;Someone is going to bring up the Falklands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">And, sure enough, they did. That someone was the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1812642\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/regions\/south-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">entire Argentine roster<\/a> who unfurled a banner that read &#8220;Las Malvinas son Argentinas,&#8221; or &#8220;The Falklands are Argentinian.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">However, the banner \u2014 referencing a long-time feud between Argentina and Great Britain over the South Atlantic islands that led to a brief war in 1982 \u2014 had to get into the stadium somehow, and that &#8220;somehow&#8221; was in some dude&#8217;s underpants.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\/watch-world-cup-final-jul-19-2026?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned_other::mc=referral::src=fn::cmp=10010131001::add=6127b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/argentina-falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Aregentina holding Falklands banner\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Argentine players celebrate with a controversial banner about the long-feuded-over Falkland Islands.<\/span> <span>(Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">According to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1812644\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/banner-caused-international-incident-england-37445778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Daily Star<\/a>, a fan named Santiago brought the banner \u2014 which was really a hotel bedsheet with black paint that he bought for a few bucks \u2014 into the stadium by stuffing it into his crotch.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I folded it as much as I could, put it in my private parts to get through security checks, and in the end we managed to get in,&#8221; he told Argentina&#8217;s Todo Noticias.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Alright&#8230; but what if Argentina had lost?<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/falklands-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Argentina's Falklands banner\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Players were blissfully unaware that the banner had spent most of the day in some dude&#8217;s crotch,<\/span> <span>(Photo by Dan Mullan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1812645\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/fox-world-cup-announcer-says-trumps-appearance-final-fun-unique-thing-despite-potential-backlash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>FOX WORLD CUP ANNOUNCER SAYS TRUMP&#8217;S APPEARANCE AT FINAL IS &#8216;FUN, UNIQUE THING&#8217; DESPITE POTENTIAL BACKLASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">That would be a bad time to break out the banner. You can&#8217;t lose and then be like, &#8220;You know those islands we&#8217;ve been fighting over, even though most of the people on the island side with you guys? Yeah, those are ours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Just wouldn&#8217;t have the same power, and that would&#8217;ve meant that Santiago would&#8217;ve left Mercedes-Benz Stadium with a politicized bedsheet crammed into the front of his pants.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But that&#8217;s not what happened, and Santiago whipped out his crotch banner and threw it to the Argentines, who had no idea where that thing had been.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">That might be the greatest crime of all.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/argentine-team-with-banner.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Argentina players withg banner\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The banner was not well-received across the pond.<\/span> <span>((Photo by Paul ELLIS \/ AFP))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1812647\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In the UK<\/a>, they were not impressed by the banner. In fact, UK Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey demanded that the players involved be banned from Sunday&#8217;s final against Spain.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Something that Spain would probably be a-okay with.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Matthew Reigle is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messi&#8217;s Argentina faces Spain in World Cup Final Sports analyst Dan Dakich previews the FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and Spain, highlighting Lionel Messi&#8217;s leadership. Dakich predicts Argentina will win, praising Messi&#8217;s consistent greatness. 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