Argentina players pose with banner proclaiming 'The Falklands are Argentine' before World Cup warm-up match against Slovenia

The Argentinian football team has posed with a banner proclaiming the Falkland Islands belong to Argentina before a World Cup warm-up match.
Prior to their game against Slovenia in Buenos Aires which they won 2-0, the banner, bearing the slogan 'Las Malvinas son Argentinas', translated into English as 'The Malvinas are Argentinian' was unfurled.
The Malvinas is the Spanish name for the South Atlantic territory, which has had British sovereignty since 1833.

The conflict over the disputed archipelago came to a head in 1982 with the Falklands War, which saw a British taskforce sent to islands after an Argentinian invasion.

The war led to the deaths of 255 British military personnel as well as 649 Argentinians.
Argentina has long laid claim to sovereignty of the islands and the message displayed by the team seems to show support for the country's claims. 

Since President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner took power in 2007, there have been repeated diplomatic clashes with Britain over the territory.