Israel-Argentina, the endless controversy

The Israeli Football Federation has decided to seize Fifa to denounce its Palestinian counterpart, guilty according to her of having obtained the cancellation of the friendly match between Israel and Argentina.

Scheduled this Saturday in Jerusalem, Argentina's preparation match against the World Cup 2018 against Israel was canceled according to an announcement made Tuesday night by the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. A decision motivated by security reasons, the Israeli diplomacy deploring "the threats and provocations directed against Lionel Messi, which logically aroused the fear of his peers", when the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Faurie wants to be more clear : "The players in the squad did not want to play the game, and even the coach asked that there be no other match and that the selection focus on the first match in Russia on June 16th."