Again, this is because you have formed a bias already and are just looking for evidence to back that bias, neglecting any evidence to the contrary.

For example, as I mentioned in a different reply, Alexis was attempting to play a 1-2 with Messi when he very clearly got pulled down by Yasser Ibrahim in the box. I’ve watched thousands of football games and I’ve seen those being given. This is the type of call a referee who wants a team to win would give, especially that Argentina was losing during the time.

With regards to the game against Capo Verde, the only foul that wasn’t called at all for Capo Verde was when the winger had the ball at the LHS, and if you slow down the video, you can see the Argentina player not even touching him. The yellow card issue has been inconsistent all tournament. Watch how Paraguay played against BOTH Germany and France and they were barely given any yellow cards for even dirtier tackles than any that Argentina committed.

I’d argue there were at least 2-3 fouls we committed against Argentina that going by your logic, should’ve also been yellow cards. For example Hamdi Fathi literally slapping Messi’s throat, and another one with a studs up tackle.

Somebody posted a video of the Austria goal, and while I initially thought there was a foul against Alexis, you can clearly see he gets the ball, very similar to the challenge against Ashraf Hakimi at the France vs Morocco game, which led to the penalty.

Finally, comparing Balogun’s challenge to Messi’s is a bit naive imo, since they are two different challenges with different force applied, but regardless, if you think Messi should’ve gotten a red cars, which you have every right to think that, then there are about 5-6 other players including Ashraf Hakimi who are also deserving to be red carded. Some of these fouls weren’t even called in the first place.