On the eve of the clash between the Argentine National Team and England in the semifinal of the 2026 World Cup, the Nation’s Security Minister, Alejandra Monteoliva, revealed details of the police operation for this match. The official referred to Argentine fans who will attend the Mercedes Benz Stadium in the United States, who have been banned from entering with flags and shirts of the Malvinas Islands. Of course, the news did not take long to spread.
«You will not be able to enter with bottles or any element. Whether it’s a shirt, a flag, or anything that contains a provocative, political, hateful, racial or religious intolerance message. That is, you will not be able to enter with messages that provoke any kind of situation. Flags with political content cannot be brought in,» she outlined moments ago in a dialogue with Radio Now 97.9.
Furthermore, the official of Javier Milei’s government added: «It was established that there cannot be political content, elements that have visible political content or messages with any type of intolerance. That is what was defined yesterday, precisely because it is identified as a sensitive match…»
The «Albiceleste» led by Lionel Scaloni will face the English team this Wednesday, July 15, starting at 4:00 PM local time at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, United States. The refereeing will be in charge of American Ismail Elfath. The broadcast of the national team’s match will be handled by DSports, Paramount+, TyC Sports, Disney+ Premium, TV Pública, Flow, TyC Sports Play, and Telefe; while the remaining duel will be broadcast by DSports, Flow, and Paramount+.
On the other hand, France faces Spain in the other semifinal that will determine the first team to reach the decisive match next Sunday, July 19, at MetLife Stadium in New York starting at 4:00 PM (Argentine time). The day before, the third-place match will take place with the two losing teams from the semifinals facing off starting at 6:00 PM local time.
The possible lineup of the Argentine National Team against England in the semifinal of the 2026 World Cup: for the match against the English for a place in the World Cup final, the following eleven starters are expected to be in the starting lineup: Emiliano «Dibu» Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian «Cuti» Romero, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul or Nicolás Otamendi, Leandro Paredes, Enzo Fernández or Alexis Mac Allister or Nicolás González; Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez. Thus, both Fernández and De Paul have chances of being left out, while there is a possibility that both González and Otamendi – with a change of formation included – could be starters.
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para mi Monteoliva es una vendepatria de mierda nos prohiben banderas de Malvinas pero dejan q los ingleses nos escupan la cara esto es traicion a la patria viva Argentina carajo las Malvinas son nuestras y vamos a ganarles igual los zurdos de mierda siempre contra el pueblo
Para mí esto es una cagada de los yankis y los ingleses, unos vendepatria. Las Malvinas son argentinas, carajo. Esto huele a colonialismo puro, y la ministra Monteoliva es una obsecuente que se arrodilla ante el imperio. ¡Vamos Argentina, la celeste y blanca siempre!