@middleeasteye: Football fans across the world appear to be siding with England, who are playing against Argentina in the World Cup’s semi-final today. Despite their initial support for England’s opponents due to the country’s colonial history, some online fans appear to have switched sides, saying they were still “willing to stand with the colonisers” in hopes to see Argentina lose the match. So, what's behind these memes? We take a look

Xayed Ali :

We’re all supporting Spain 🇪🇸 in the final, right?

ssssssrr :

This game is rigged from the beginning. FIFA favors Argentina

Davy Jones 🏴‍☠️ :

FIFA= Forever In Favour of Argentina

Aryan Shabbooei :

somehow Argentina wins the last minute most of the time. weird!

durri :

this entire world cup is a scam

A~ :

how come did they scored 2 goals on last minute

⋆｡°✩ nsjay ✩°｡⋆ :

welp now we're supporting Spain

Dee :

If Argentina is playing with the void, I will still cheer for the void

Johndadrumman :

You know how bad you have to fuck up to have the whole world rooting for England?!

Franky :

Spain.. now you are our last hope

lindimindi87🍉 :

yes they are

Hedayat :

Argentina won every game fairly and deserves to go final and play fairly against spain. Us messi fans support both spain and argentina

. :

I was Argentina fan since I was kid and I just turned their biggest enemy hope they loose against Spain

Brigitta Horvath :

Yes i hate Argentina

jamesjames10884 :

MISSZANZIBAR😍 :

I stand with Spain

zyper673 :

Argentina is the most racist team playing in this World Cup

user5318008 :

it’s a campaign by ronaldo’s pr team

Life is precious🇱🇧🇨🇦🇪🇹 :

Black and proud Argentia all the way

Labidon :

Argentina hate is so forced, mostly by Americans who have never seen football before.

Knight Rider :

When you are too good that stupid people think the game is rigged for you, lol 😅

Abdi Sarkama :

I am black and I will always support Argentina. Football is a game not colour.