How Club World Cup feud was nearly THREE YEARS in the making as two stars ‘tried to offer each other out in the tunnel'
DENZEL DUMFRIES and Marcos Acuna's Club World Cup beef has been stewing for almost three years.
The pair were involved in a heated on-field bust-up as
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Denzel Dumfries and Marcos Acuna's Club World Cup has been stewing for nearly three years
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Their rivalry dates back to the 2022 World Cup quarter-final between the Netherlands and Argentina
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This time around Dumfries and Acuna were prepared to settle the feud in the tunnel
Tensions boiled over at the end when River star Acuna, further enraged by the referee's decision to send off team-mate Gonzalo Montiel, squared up with Inter defender Dumfries.
It had appeared
Players and coaches from both sides rushed over to get in the way, with Inter players successfully ushering Dumfries off the pitch to be held in the tunnel, while Acuna had to be wrestled to the ground on the pitch to stop him going after his old foe.
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But this was not the first time the pair have clashed in a high-stakes game.
Dumfries and Acuna, 33, previously met on December 9 at the 2022 World Cup in the quarter-final match between the Netherlands and Argentina, who would eventually go on to win the tournament.
That heated clash had been one of the most memorable and feisty games of the entire Qatari tournament, with Dumfries and Acuna playing their part in the drama.
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However, the Dutch hit back with a stunning brace from
But in the build-up to the shootout,
Watch Argentina's Paredes spark mass melee after booting ball at Netherlands bench before Van Dijk wipes him out
The South Americans would go on to win the shootout 4-3 after Emi Martinez saved kicks from Van Dijk and
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Wild Argentina celebrations rubbing it in the noses of their European rivals saw Dumfries lose his head, and subsequently saw him get sent off AFTER the final whistle.
But while Dumfries had to go away and lick his wounds then, he had the last laugh in their follow-up meeting earlier this week.
Following their progression into the knockout stages, Inter's next match will be played out on June 30 in Charlotte,
North Carolina
.
Meanwhile,
and
have both confirmed their places in the knockout rounds.
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- the Blues will take on
on June 28.
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Argentina's win in the shootout in 2022 came after one of the most feisty matches in recent memory
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Dumfries got himself sent off after the shootout for losing his head at the celebrations
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Other flashpoints in that game included Virgil van Dijk flattening Leandro Paredes after he kicked a ball at the Dutch bench
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