The Argentinian Vice President has branded England "usurping pirates" and "invaders" in a bitter attack ahead of tonight's crunch World Cup semi-final.
Victoria Villarruel, who serves as deputy to Javier Milei, took to social media in the early hours of Wednesday morning in a bizarre attempt to issue a rallying cry to the Argentinian national team.
She wrote: "Tomorrow we play against the usurping pirates. This isn't just another match.
"I'm not going to be politically correct or cold-hearted; against the English, it's always something more.
"It's the Malvinas (Falkland Islands) it's Diego, it's Leo's last one, and it's putting the brakes on the invaders.
"Go Argentina! Because until our last breath, we're going to claim what's ours!"
Ms Villarruel's father was part the invading Argentinian force that humiliatingly surrendered after just 74 days in the 1982 Falklands War.
Her latest intervention comes just months after she branded Falkland Islanders - the archipelago's native population - as "English people who live in Argentine territory" and said they "are not part of the discussion" on the territory's future.
"If they feel English, they should go back to the thousands of miles away where their country is," she added.
The Argentinian Vice President's anti-English outburst comes despite manager Lionel Scaloni's plea to stick to football ahead of tonight's game.
He told reporters: “It’s a football match - I can’t mix things up, out of respect for what happened so many years ago.
“It was a very sad time in our history, and there isn’t much we can do about it. Mixing the two would be madness. We criticise that there was war.
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“Of course people remember history and what happened. It is a game of football, we need to keep things separate."
Meanwhile, England boss Thomas Tuchel has admitted tonight's clash is “fuelled by history”.
He said: "They are fuelled by history, it means a lot to them. So this is what we basically expect, and what we are up against.
"But we are also emotional, we have the grit, we have the mentality that it takes to go up against it. And we are ready for it.”
In Atlanta, Ben Leo has spoken to both England and Argentina supporters ahead of the crunch fixture to see whether the geopolitical talk off the pitch was filtering down to the fans.
When asked whether the fixture was more than just a game for his country, one Argentinian fan said: "It shouldn't be. But someone some people maybe take it like this. It's just sport."
Another said: "Let the politicians do that. Let's concentrate on the football. This is going to be, how our Scaloni say, just one more match up."
One England fan told Ben that all Argentine supporters he has come across over in the US have been "very friendly", despite all the background noise going into the game.
Another Three Lions fan who went to the last World Cup in Qatar recounted how they were "obsessed with the Falkland Islands, Maggie Thatcher and their hatred for England".
American authorities are concerned the growing tension could spill into stands, with the FBI designating tonight's semi-final in Atlanta as the highest risk fixture in the entire tournament.
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