by Democrat reporter
Argentina face the prospect of disciplinary action from FIFA after their players celebrated the World Cup semi-final win against England with a banner supporting their country’s claims to the Falkland Islands.
The defending world champions produced a dramatic late comeback in Atlanta, scoring twice to defeat Thomas Tuchel’s side 2-1 and book a showdown with Spain in Sunday’s final.
After the final whistle, Argentina players celebrated while holding a banner reading “Las Malvinas son Argentinas”, which translates as “The Falklands are Argentine”.
The Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, remain the subject of a sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina.
The two nations went to war over the group of islands, situated 300 miles off Argentina’s east coast, from April to June 1982.
The 74-day conflict led to the deaths of 655 Argentine and 255 British servicemen. Three civilians from the islands also died.
Nigel Farage has in response said he wants the Royal Navy strengthened as quickly as possible.
Seems that he may be thinking about repeating Thstcher and sending a task force to the Falklands to restore pride in the English nation.