In Buenos Aires, Argentines are fully backing their country’s football stars’ action after their World Cup victory over England.

Argentine World Cup players held up a banner asserting sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

Some players brandished a banner declaring “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas” (“The Falklands are Argentine”) ‌after their 2-1 victory over England in Atlanta.

According to Argentine newspaper Clarin, midfielder Giovani Lo Celso approached the supporters and asked to borrow it.

Later photos ​showed him holding it up with centre-back Lisandro Martinez, while the players were singing and celebrating, facing ​their fans. It can later be seen lying on the grass.

FIFA’s Stadium Code of ⁠Conduct bans “banners, flags, flyers, apparel, and other paraphernalia that are of a political, offensive, and/or discriminatory nature” inside ​stadiums.

The question of sovereignty over the South ‌Atlantic ⁠British overseas territory, known to the British as the Falklands and to the Argentines as the Malvinas, has been a long-running sore in relations between the countries.