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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

Why Argentines see Malvinas banner as patriotism - not politics

When either Lionel Messi or Rodri lift the World Cup on Sunday evening, it may still not be the most famous image of the tournament.

As England prepared for a historic game with rivals Argentina, one fan of the albiceleste was scrawling a message onto a hotel bedsheet with cheap black paint, before stuffing in his trousers and heading to the Atlanta Stadium. ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas,’ it read.

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