{"id":7885,"date":"2026-07-15T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/argentine-vp-calls-england-pirates-ahead-of-world-cup-semifinal-clash\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:36:09","slug":"argentine-vp-calls-england-pirates-ahead-of-world-cup-semifinal-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/argentine-vp-calls-england-pirates-ahead-of-world-cup-semifinal-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentine VP calls England \u2018pirates\u2019 ahead of World Cup semifinal clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Argentina vice president&#8217;s remarks are made ahead of the World Cup semifinal against England and amid a sovereignty dispute.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Argentina\u2019s Vice President Victoria Villarruel has called the English \u201cusurping pirates\u201d ahead of the two countries\u2019 World Cup semifinal clash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe play against the usurping pirates. It\u2019s not just another match,\u201d Villarruel said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/15\/lamine-yamal-name-history-barcelona-spain-fifa-world-cup-final-2026-what-to-know\">Beauty and grace: Spain prodigy Lamine Yamal\u2019s game lives up to his name<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/15\/spains-oscar-winning-actor-raises-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-match\">Spain\u2019s Oscar-winning actor raises Palestine flag at World Cup match<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/15\/fifa-world-cup-brackets-teams-predictions-schedule-and-road-to-the-final\">FIFA World Cup: England vs Argentina prediction, schedule, road to final<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/15\/a-role-model-djed-spence-first-muslim-england-player-lifts-hopes\">\u2018Football is for everyone\u2019: Djed Spence and the Three Lions\u2019 Muslim moment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The iconic football match will take place against the backdrop of a lingering sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands, known in Spanish as the Malvinas, in the South Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to be politically correct or keep a cool head \u2013 it\u2019s always something more against the English,\u201d Villarruel wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the Malvinas, it\u2019s Diego, it\u2019s Leo\u2019s last run, and it\u2019s about stopping the invaders in their tracks,\u201d she continued, referring to the late soccer legend Diego Maradona and current star striker Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo Argentina! Because until our very last breath, we will keep claiming what is ours!\u201d she wrote, echoing a popular anthem sung by Argentine fans during the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Villarruel\u2019s father fought in the 1982 Falklands War between Argentina\u2019s military dictatorship and the United Kingdom over the South Atlantic islands, whose sovereignty remains contested.<\/p>\n<p>The 74-day conflict ended in a British victory, leaving 649 Argentines and 255 Britons dead.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president\u2019s remarks stood in contrast to those of Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni and several players, who sought to play down the political and historical significance of the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a football match, plain and simple. So, mixing the two would be madness,\u201d Scaloni said.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Argentine Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva said that under the security plan for the semifinal in Atlanta, fans would banned from bringing flags or other items referencing the Falkland Islands into the stadium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina vice president&#8217;s remarks are made ahead of the World Cup semifinal against England and amid a sovereignty dispute. Argentina\u2019s Vice President Victoria Villarruel has called the English \u201cusurping pirates\u201d ahead of the two countries\u2019 World Cup semifinal clash. \u201cWe play against the usurping pirates. It\u2019s not just another match,\u201d Villarruel said in a post &#8230; <a title=\"Argentine VP calls England \u2018pirates\u2019 ahead of World Cup semifinal clash\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/argentine-vp-calls-england-pirates-ahead-of-world-cup-semifinal-clash\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Argentine VP calls England \u2018pirates\u2019 ahead of World Cup semifinal clash\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}