{"id":1162694,"date":"2026-08-22T07:42:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1162694\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T07:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:42:32","slug":"fifa-issues-historic-17-match-combined-ban-for-argentina-stars-after-violent-world-cup-final-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1162694\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA issues historic 17-match combined ban for Argentina stars after violent World Cup final clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ugly scenes initially unfolded on Sunday when Paredes shoved Spain midfielder Gavi to the ground immediately after the final whistle. As tempers flared, Spain&#8217;s substitutes rushed onto the pitch to celebrate a hard-fought 1-0 victory secured by substitute Ferran Torres in extra time. <\/p>\n<p>Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni ultimately had to intervene to cool tempers down. For their roles in the ensuing melee, Thiago Almada and Gavi both received one-match bans and $30,000 fines. The chaotic ending overshadowed a tense battle where Argentina struggled with discipline, highlighted by Enzo Fernandez&#8217;s dismissal in second-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ugly scenes initially unfolded on Sunday when Paredes shoved Spain midfielder Gavi to the ground immediately after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1162695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[10105,2000,299,315648,315649,104,192497,1514],"class_list":["post-1162694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-argentina","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-l-paredes","tag-n-molina","tag-spain","tag-spain-vs-argentina","tag-world-cup"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117138040229659830","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1162695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}