Several of the team's stars including talisman Lionel Messi are now facing calls to be banned after celebrating with the incendiary sign, branded 'idiotic' by critics.

ATLANTA, July 15 : Argentina players held up a political banner declaring "Las Malvinas Son Argentinas" ("The Falklands are Argentine") after their 2-1 World Cup semi-final…

If the banner is deemed to be political in nature, it would contravene both FIFA and IFAB rules.