Falklands

Argentina players filmed singing anti-English Falklands song after World Cup semi-final win

Argentina's football players have been filmed singing an anti-English chant that referenced the Falklands War as they celebrated reaching the World Cup final.

Former Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi shared a video on Instagram of the jubilant players singing the song, which also mocked football rivals Brazil, in the dressing room after beating Croatia 3-0 in Tuesday's semi-final.

One line in the chant, which has reportedly become popular with Argentina fans during the tournament, roughly translates as: "F***** English in the Falklands, I don't forget."

In the song, they refer to the islands as 'Las Malvinas', as Argentinians tend to use the Spanish name for the archipelago because Argentina claims it inherited the islands from the Spanish crown in the early 1800s.

The Falklands War began on 2 April 1982 after Argentine forces invaded the archipelago in the South Atlantic.

The conflict lasted 10 weeks and ended after Argentina's surrender on 14 June 1982.

The Falklands war as it happened.

A total of 907 people lost their lives during the war– 255 of them were British, 649 Argentinian and three were Falkland Islanders killed by friendly fire.

Several were also wounded, including 775 Brits and 1,657 Argentinians.

Argentina has contested the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory, since 1833.

For more than a century there were several attempts at talks (sometimes supported by the United Nations) between the two countries, but they all failed to reach an agreement and the situation escalated in 1982 when Argentina invaded.

Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez and Manchester City's Julian Alvarez, who scored twice in the win against Croatia, were among the players that could be seen joining in on the chant.

This year has marked the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, with a number of commemoration events held in both the UK and the Falkland Islands.