FIFA bans Paredes for 10 games after World Cup final brawl and hits Argentina with heavy fine

The governing body confirmed the punishments on Friday as it moved formally against several Argentina figures after the chaotic scenes at the end of the final.

Paredes received the heaviest sporting sanction. Nahuel Molina was banned for 7 matches over the same incident, and like Paredes he was also fined $90,000. Thiago Almada was given a 1-match suspension and a $30,000 fine.

Two other members of the Argentina set-up, Roberto Ayala and Pablo Martin Paez Gavira, were also suspended for their involvement and fined $30,000 each.

FIFA made clear that the suspensions will carry into the next matches played by the relevant national teams.

"Under Article 69 paragraphs 2a and 3 of the Disciplinary Code, the suspensions shall be served in the subsequent matches of the relevant representative teams," the organisation said.

They will have a real effect on Argentina moving forward, especially in Paredes' case, where a 10-game ban is serious enough to remove him from the national-team picture for a significant stretch.

The Argentine FA was fined $321,000 over a banner concerning the Malvinas Islands, with FIFA citing a range of disciplinary breaches. Those included using a sporting event for a non-sporting demonstration, improper team conduct, discriminatory and racist behaviour linked to fan chants and gestures, and failures relating to order and security at the match.

Instead, it treated the entire episode as a wider breakdown involving player conduct, staff involvement, crowd behaviour and political messaging inside the event.

All of the parties involved still have the right to appeal.

But for now, FIFA's message is pretty blunt, the fallout from that World Cup final is not over, and Argentina are paying for it on several fronts.