Thoughts on the anti-argentine hate from an outsider
I have never seen an effective hate campaign born out of sheer jealousy. Idk about everyone in Argentina but in the west it really started to go insane when Egypt lost. I think Egyptian fans just couldn't take a loss and had to find absolutely anything to discredit Argentina. The use of AI was rampant and it was insane to see people believe misinfo like Messi somehow being a Zionist for respecting protocol during a barca led peace campaign in both Israel and Palestine. I think Ronaldo fans most successful PR was to make Messi Israel and Ronaldo somehow Palestine lmao.
All I wanna say is this, real people don't believe that shit and we know Argentina is a beautiful country with its problems like any other country. You have an amazing Futbol culture and yes some fans can act like idiots but that is not reflective of you as a people. Be proud of who you are.
Also I am 100% convinced that Messi was declined the golden ball because Fifa wanted to look unbiased eventho in my opinion rodri didn't deserve it as much as Messi. Literally every single football outlet inn the UK, Canada, US, Europe has said Messi deserved it more.
But yeah all things considered be proud of the performance this world cup. Yes the final didn't go as planned but it was a serious effort.