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John Jones

Hilarious Argentinian commentary leaves BBC pundits in stitches during World Cup final

A hilarious clip of Argentinian coverage of their World Cup final against France left Gary Lineker and his BBC colleagues in stitches during half-time of the huge game in Qatar.

Argentina went into the break with a comfortable 2-0 lead after Lionel Messi opened the scoring with a penalty and Angel Di Maria doubled the lead following a well-worked counter attack. However, it was to go wrong in the second half with Kylian Mbappe's quickfire double levelling the scores with 10 minutes to go.

Discussing the faultless first-half performance by the South American side, who last won the World Cup back in 1986, BBC pundits Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and former Argentina star Paolo Zabaleta were treated to a snippet of Argentine commentary of Di Maria's goal, which was a little different to what viewers in the UK were used to.

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