How Argentina's World Cup prep ended in Israel controversy

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In a last-minute deviation from their original plan, Argentina's players arrived in Russia this weekend to start their World Cup adventure. They were due to play a friendly against Israel in Jerusalem on Saturday night but earlier in the week the fixture was cancelled, provoking a flurry of outraged reactions worldwide.

In and of itself, not playing a friendly is hardly of any consequence and in many ways it was the right thing to do. It would have added unnecessary miles and hours to an already...