On July 16th, Beijing time, Argentina came from behind to defeat England 2-1 and advance to the World Cup final. British media's 3D footage showed that after Argentina's winning goal, De Paul stopped Belling from serving and deliberately received a yellow card.

Blogger Cristian Brossy stated that the yellow card Lopez received against Switzerland was exactly the same as the yellow card Rodrigo De Paul received against England.

He stated that once Argentina took the lead, the opponent's goal was to disrupt the player about to kick off.

Cristian Brossy also cited content he posted on July 13, 2026 (Beijing time). At that time, he stated that British media showed footage not presented in the official broadcast: a similar situation occurred after Julian Alvarez scored, in which Lopez received a yellow card.