{"id":73900,"date":"2026-08-21T17:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73900\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:46:16","slug":"fifa-drops-bans-fines-for-argentina-spain-world-cup-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73900\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA drops bans, fines for Argentina-Spain World Cup brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 FIFA World Cup ended in ugly fashion.<\/p>\n

Moments after Argentina lost to Spain in the World Cup Final, Argentina player Leandro Paredes struck Spain\u2019s Eric Garcia in the throat<\/a>, which sent him to the ground, before shoving Spain\u2019s Gavi. <\/p>\n

A fracas ensued<\/a> in which players and coaches from both sides rushed in to help their teammates.<\/p>\n

\"LionelLionel Messi of Argentina argues with referee Slavko Vincic during the 2026 World Cup Final match between Spain and Argentina at New York-New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford on July 19, 2026. dpa\/picture alliance via Getty Images<\/p>\n

FIFA\u2019s punishment was revealed on Friday \u2014 and it was extensive.<\/p>\n

Paredes has received 10-game ban and a $90,000 fine. <\/p>\n

His teammate, Nahuel Molina, was given a seven-game ban and a $90,000 role for his role in the altercation.<\/p>\n

Argentina player Thiago Almada was handed a\u00a0one-match ban and a $30,000 fine, and Argentina assistant coach Roberto Ayala received a three-match ban and a $30,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Gavi was the only Spain player who received punishment for his role in the brawl. He got a one-game ban and a $30,000 fine.<\/p>\n

In all, that makes 22 games in suspensions and $270,000 in fines assessed for the embarrassing scene.<\/p>\n

\"LionelLionel Messi speaks to a referee during an Argentina World Cup game.<\/p>\n

Argentina legend Lionel Messi wasn\u2019t directly involved in the brawl that happened after the game.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s some uncertainty about whether the 39-year-old Messi will continue his international career<\/a> after Argentina\u2019s bid for back-to-back world championships came up just short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 FIFA World Cup ended in ugly fashion. Moments after Argentina lost to Spain in the World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4027,3357,332,1743,17,396,369],"class_list":["post-73900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-argentina","tag-fifa","tag-lionel-messi","tag-soccer","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}