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Egypt's controversial overturned goal sparks Argentina rigged World Cup firestorm
Egypt couldn't hold on against Argentina's firepower. A 2-0 lead after 78 minutes turned into a 3-2 loss in regular time as the Argentines stormed back.But after the match, many fans watching this World Cup Round of 16 game remembered something important: Egypt had a goal overturned during this match, in what many considered to be shocking fashion.With Egypt leading 1-0, Mostafa Zico found himself at the end of a counter attack and scored to make it 2-0.That didn't actually count, though, because VAR intervened.MORE: Christian Pulisic gives a terrible answer after World Cup-ending lossThe referee looking at the video review went back all the way to the other end of the field and saw that an Egyptian defender had stepped on the foot of an Argentine attacker to help turn the ball over.The go
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