least I know now, what team I'll be rooting for to lose! !

brewing a fitting curse on the Argentinian team :-))
as far as I'm concerned, they stand no chance in the championship.

If you are too frightened to play the ball then pack your marbles and go home.

The only reason to play in Jerusalem, was to make a political statement.

BDS opposed ANY game, Argentina opposes moving the game from Haifa, where it was planned.

It would be like moving a game from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Brazilia, or from Nice to Paris.

There is no reason a game could not be played in Haifa - until politics got in the way.

BDS Boneheaded Disastrous psudoSupporter of Israel

considering that Tedy Kollek never was denied a visation to any country for being anti-semist, racists, communist or drug addited as Maradona, yours is a very silly comment.
Tedy Kollek was an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem for 28 years & advocated religious tolerance and made numerous efforts to reach out to the Arab community during his tenure.
Tolerance is one of the core values of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts; in 1997, Kollek was awarded the Prize of Tolerance of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts for being an individual committed to tolerance, humanity, & dialogue as well as anti-racism. - And for your information the Tedy Kollek Stadium is not located in East Jerusalem side, and probably the place will host the European Song Contest Eurovision next year.

Truth be told on the Israeli side there was a great deal of "foul play" with ticket sales, with choosing the location or rather moving the location of the game from Haifa to Jerusalem, and, very important, who would shake Messi's hand.

Basically the Palestinians have saved us a great deal of money and an even greater deal of infighting...so since Argentina loves us so much and should remember not to cry for Argentina!

They had no wish to be subjected to the shameful and degrading behaviour of the Israelie minister of sport and culture.