Soon after Messi opened the scoring in the 23rd minute of the Final fans on Twitter started trending Rigged linking with FIFA World Cup 2022 alleging that this has been preset.
Fans started sharing the moment when Angel Di Maria was fouled by Ousmane Dembele inside the Penalty area with the allegations, “Argentina Rigged the Penalty.”
Fans were fuming out of anger over the referee’s decision to award Argentina the penalty slamming Qatar and FIFA for plotting the victory for Argentina.
It is not that the controversy associated with Argentina’s penalty is new, the Messi-led South American side has been given a total of five penalties in this world cup which is the most by any time in the history of the tournament.
Messi has scored 6 goals in the tournament so far in the tournament including one in the final out of which four had come from the spot.
Check out fan’s reactions on Twitter associated with the penalty:
Another Messi Penalty pic.twitter.com/0FQ4LsRmnZ
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) December 18, 2022
Never seen them give one man so many penalties in one competition, this shit is rigged
— Trey (@UTDTrey) December 18, 2022
Only Argentina gets those penalties... This WC is rigged.
— AUGUSTUS 🔴 (@Der_Augustus) December 18, 2022
It was pre-planned by FIFA & Qatar.
— CR7 (@theCR7en) December 18, 2022
This World Cup is 💯 Rigged. pic.twitter.com/zDrjgfVmqo
SIX PENALTIES IN A ROW THEY THIS IS BEYOND RIGGED 😭😭😭😭😭😭
— 🎟️ (@SackOIe) December 18, 2022
Meanwhile, Argentina leads with 2 goals at the halfway mark after Angel Di Maria netted in the 36th minute of the game with assist from McAllister in the counter attack