BANS CONFIRMED!! FIFA Charges EVERY Argentina Player Involved – No One Escaped!
FIFA has confirmed the most sweeping disciplinary action in the tournament’s history, handing down suspensions against multiple Argentine players and their assistant coach for conduct spanning the entire World Cup — not just the explosive brawl that erupted after the final whistle, but incidents dating back to the group stage.
At the center of it all is Leandro Paredes, facing four separate charges: three counts of assault and one count of unsporting behavior.
The details are damning — footage confirmed Paredes grabbing Eric Garcia in a chokehold, wrestling Gavi to the ground by the collar, and shoving him in the face while he was already down.
Each assault charge carries a minimum three-match suspension, bringing his floor to nine matches before the additional unsporting behavior charge pushes it to ten.
What makes Paredes’s case unusual is that FIFA isn’t stopping at this tournament. For the first time in World Cup disciplinary history, prosecutors are reportedly digging back through his history — old incidents from the 2022 tournament, a documented pattern of targeting opponents’ necks in club football, and a fresh incident this week at Boca Juniors where he kicked a dead ball at an opponent while already under investigation.
With social media flooding prosecutors with old clips since mid-July, his ten-match floor may only be the starting point.
Nahuel Molina, often overshadowed by the Paredes headlines, actually started the brawl — throwing the first punch at Spain’s captain Rodri as he ran past to celebrate the World Cup win, then confronting him again verbally in a separate incident.
FIFA charged him with two counts of assault and one count of unsporting behavior, totaling a minimum seven-match suspension.
Molina now faces the awkward reality of returning to preseason training at Atlético Madrid, in a city that just spent a week celebrating Spain’s title, alongside Spanish teammates who know exactly what he did to their captain.
Perhaps the most damning case belongs to assistant coach Roberto Ayala, whose actual job is to de-escalate exactly these situations.
Instead, he was filmed striking Spain’s Dani Olmo after the final whistle, then issued an apology that simultaneously downplayed the incident as “more of a push than a punch” and claimed provocation.
Olmo publicly called him a liar, adding pointedly that what defines a person isn’t the mistake but the courage to accept it with honesty and dignity — a pointed contrast to Ayala’s own conduct.
He received a minimum three-match touchline ban. Thiago Almada was charged with one count of unsporting behavior, likely amounting to a single-match suspension or formal warning, for his involvement in the general chaos.
Then comes the decision drawing the most outrage: Gavi — the very player who was choked, thrown to the ground, and shoved in the face by Paredes — was himself charged with one count of unsporting behavior, carrying a minimum one-match suspension.
FIFA reviewed extensive footage, appointed a dedicated prosecutor, and somehow concluded that the player on the receiving end of three separate assaults deserved his own charge for how he reacted to being attacked.
Beyond the individual players, the Argentine Football Association itself is facing charges under four separate articles of FIFA’s disciplinary code, covering conduct across the entire tournament: a Falklands-related banner after the semifinal, the overall team misconduct following the final, a racist chant video involving Enzo Fernández along with other discriminatory incidents in the stands, and violations related to match security, including thrown objects and delayed kickoffs.
Potential consequences range from significant fines to matches played behind closed doors — and, notably, possible restrictions on Argentina’s hosting rights for the 2030 World Cup, which the federation is scheduled to co-hoSt.
Adding it all together, the confirmed minimum suspensions from the post-final brawl alone total 21 international matches across five individuals — and that’s before factoring in the AFA’s separate charges, the ongoing pattern investigation into Paredes, or anything still to come from the Boca Juniors incident.
Argentina lost the final 1-0 without registering a single shot on target. Now, before a ball has even been kicked in their next official fixture, they’re already losing dozens of matches worth of eligibility — and the full verdict hasn’t even been announced yet.
