Could Argentina face action after post-final trouble?

As the last whistle blew successful New Jersey, a fewer Argentina players - including Lionel Messi - slumped to the turf.

Others stood determination motionless arsenic Spain's players raced crossed the transportation successful jubilation.

Rodri, who had been substituted successful extra-time, ran implicit from the dugout to articulation his team-mates.

As the Manchester City midfielder went past Nahuel Molina, the Argentina defender appeared to punch Rodri connected the limb oregon stomach.

This was the fuse which ignited the trouble.

Rodri confronted Molina, but it was the Argentina subordinate who thrust guardant successful an assertive manner.

Garcia ran implicit to backmost up his team-mate astatine which constituent Paredes got progressive too, jabbing Garcia successful the throat.

Unused substitute Gavi tried to intervene, lone to beryllium forced to the crushed by Thiago Almada.

Paredes past pushed Gavi to the level by putting his manus successful the Spaniard's face.

Argentina adjunct manager Roberto Ayala past looked to beryllium holding Garcia astir the throat. He past appeared to onslaught Spain midfielder Dani Olmo.

"Paredes threw 2 oregon 3 haymakers into someone's face. He went for them," Alan Shearer said connected BBC One's coverage. "There is nary spot oregon abstraction for that.

"We cognize however overmuch it means to them and we cognize however overmuch it hurts to lose, but determination is simply a mode to lose. Too galore times we person seen that from Argentina. The absorption aft the last whistle is terrible."

Joe Hart added: "The game's done, they tin person perfectly nary complaints astir what happened today. Disgusting behaviour."

But Argentina brag Lionel Scaloni, who had attempted to calm down the situation, appeared to play down the incidents successful his post-match interview.

"We are gracious successful victory, and we indispensable beryllium gracious successful defeat," helium said. "Today, we are showing that we cognize however to lose.

"We mislaid the match, and we judge it, but that doesn't mean we halt surviving oregon hide everything we did to get here."