Leandro Paredes lost his head after the final whistle of Argentina's World Cup final loss to Spain, earning a straight red card.

Article contains social media posts with footage of the brawl.

Leandro Paredes lost his head after the final whistle of Argentina’s World Cup final loss to Spain, earning a straight red card after violently punching Spain’s Eric Garcia in the throat.

Spain claimed its second World Cup title, defeating Lionel Messi and Argentina 1-0 after extra time at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

After the final whistle sounded, Paredes rushed toward Garcia and violently put his open hand straight to his throat, knocking him to the ground.

The action took place right in front of assistant referee Tomaž Klančnik, as well as Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni.

Paredes set off a large brawl between the two teams, and he would also shove Spain midfielder Gavi down to the turf.

Paredes was shown a red card after the brawl. He was the second Argentina player to be red carded after Enzo Fernandez was sent off for a second yellow card near the end of regulation.

FIFA’s disciplinary committee will almost certainly look at the incident, with Paredes likely to face a suspension longer than the automatic one-match ban for a red card.

  • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
    31·
    13 hours ago

    At least this is consistent with the behaviour of Argentine sports fans. They have normalised violence to an incredible degree across all sports.

    • finwe26@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      7 hours ago

      The entire country? Edit: wow nice xenophobia, downvoting without a discussion. Really mature

  • Eril@feddit.orgEnglish
    18·
    1 day ago

    I already saw it coming during the game. I was thinking that Spain just needs to provoke him a little 2-3 times and he will flip out and be sent off.

  • Rion@lemmy.caEnglish
    116·
    20 hours ago

    Now they get to return to their impoverished shithole country that’s run by a total nut job. That sounds like a decent punishment to me.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
      182·
      20 hours ago

      Wait… that’s not where they were playing the final? Hard to keep track of impoverished shit holes since 2025.

  • cannedtuna@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    311·
    1 day ago

    Sharing this article because it’s more concise and clearer as to what happened. There’s also links to see what happened in the article.