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Pete Watson

Pete Watson

Dr Pete Watson, Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Leeds, researching Colombian football history and nation-building.

Sep 28, 2026

11:37
I got a lot of pushback from Argentinians, I think, who were partly smarting from A, the final defeat, i didn't get a shot on target and b sort of global schadenfreude that seemed to have got pretty hit um tell us about argentina came so disliked uh since 2022 um despite having one of the world's most popular players leo messi on his side and in four
11:58
Yeah, there are various issues here and there is so much to talk about.
12:02
I mean, because it has been massive.
12:04
I think the first thing, I mean, if we kind of pick up the various strands that have made Argentina public enemy number one, I think we've got a few things that are potentially off the pitch.
12:15
You know, we have a president in Javier Millet, who is, you know, a virulent right wing kind of libertarian Trump supporter, also very supporter of Israel.
12:29
So you have that kind of political aspect of a political left that would immediately feel some kind of antipathy towards him.
12:36
So that kind of Trump you know, and Trump's allies, Trump's friends, maybe gives one aspect.

10 MINS LATER

22:50
Is this the worst Brazilian side in a century? And what's that kind of implication for, again, a country where football means so much to them and their national identity?

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