Battle of Lusail

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The Battle of Lusail (Arabic: معركة لوسيل, Spanish: Batalla de Lusail, Dutch: De slag van Lusail) is the nickname of a football match played in the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup between the Netherlands and Argentina at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar on 9 December 2022. Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz issued a FIFA World Cup record 18 yellow cards and one red card, setting a new record for cautions at any FIFA-administered international tournament. Given the physical and confrontational nature between the two teams in their sixth World Cup meeting, the Battle of Lusail is considered one of the major matches in the longstanding Argentina–Netherlands football rivalry.

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