"You’re going home in a Buenos Aires ambulance..."

It doesnâÂÂt quite have the same ring to it as some of it's English equivalents on the terraces (especially given the woeful healthcare service â but thatâÂÂs another story), but it still isnâÂÂt a pleasant sentiment.

Yet Argentinian fans, as you would expect from the home of the tango, wax a more lyrical insult â my particular favourite being "Tu hermana en tanga," translated as "Your sister in the G-string."

 

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