Footage of one heroic Argentina fan streaming their stunning comeback World Cup win over Egypt to his entire flight has gone viral.
The clip shows the man stood in the aisle and holding his laptop one-handed in the air to allow other passengers to watch the action unfold.
A number of them in the rows behind were engrossed in the game and it’s easy to understand why given Argentina’s stunning comeback.
Although it’s unclear which part of the game was filmed, the mid-air crowd could be heard gasping and jeering at the screen.
Fans flocked to social media to praise the ‘kind’ and ‘selfless’ fan for treating his passengers to some in-flight Wi-Fi and hoisting the laptop above his head for 90 minutes.
The game has become a major source of controversy and Egypt’s manager even claimed the World Cup is ‘rigged’ in favor of Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates.
Footage of one Argentina fan broadcasting their win over Egypt to his flight has gone viral
Lionel Messi inspired Argentina to a dramatic late comeback as the World Cup holders won 3-2
Hossam Hassan was left enraged by a string of controversial refereeing decisions that went against his side during Argentina’s dramatic 3-2 win in Atlanta.
The world champions, who were 2-0 down with 12 minutes to play, looked destined to exit the tournament before late goals from Cristian Romero, Messi and Enzo Fernandez resulted in a remarkable 3-2 comeback victory.
When Fernandez’s game-winning header rippled the net in the 93rd minute, chaos broke out on the touchline as Egypt’s furious staff remonstrated with referee Francois Letexier, leading to goalkeeper coach Saafan El-Sagheer being shown a red card and manager Hassan being dragged away from a confrontation with the official.
The Pharaohs were furious that the referee – and also VAR – had not awarded Egypt a penalty moments before Argentina’s winner, as Mohamed Salah was brought down inside the box after having his foot clipped by Julian Alvarez.
Earlier in the second half, Egypt themselves had a goal disallowed by VAR due to a foul in the build-up. Throughout the game, a string of decisions went in favor of Argentina, who have now progressed to the quarter-finals as they bid to retain their crown in North America.
After the match, Hassan could not contain his outrage and furiously accused world football’s governing body FIFA of rigging the tournament so that all-time great Messi could remain in the competition for ‘marketing reasons’.
‘We were better, but football is unfair,’ the heartbroken coach said in his post-match interview.
‘It could be a matter of marketing, they could want to make a World Cup with the champion of the last World Cup, they want Messi to exist (in the tournament).
Egypt manager Hossam Hassan accused FIFA of rigging the World Cup in favor of Argentina
‘I thank my players very much. To all the Egyptians, the Arabs, the Africans, you can work hard, it’s what you have to do, but sometimes there are other factors that make you struggle.
‘I wish we could be happier with the loss, but with a severe loss like today I say to them (my players) be upset. We wish we could be happier. Thank God for everything but football is different from what happens in the stadium when we are playing against the world champions.
‘There is support from all directions for the world champions. Support and marketing.’
He added later: ‘Why isn’t there any fairness in sport? In football? I do not want to try to put it nicely here with beautiful wording. We have been treated unfairly today. We have suffered injustice.’
