ANGRY football fans have lashed out at Optus after its World Cup streaming service experienced outages for the second night in a row.

But the under-fire telco has blamed other providers for the problems, claiming its network did not have any issues.

Some users attempting to watch the clash between Argentina and Iceland overnight were met with buffering and delays of between 30 seconds and three minutes, prompting calls for Optus to provide compensation and be fined.

“We should be eligible for a refund if they can’t guarantee it won’t continue happening,” one user, who signed up to Optus Sports Premium for $14.99 per month to watch the World Cup, told the Herald Sun today.

“The stream just didn’t work on Optus Sport and their response was bulls***.

“And their customer support didn’t even read my message.”

As Argentina and Iceland fought out a 1-1 draw — with legendary Lionel Messi missing a penalty — former Socceroo Robbie Slater led the social media angst.

He called the streaming issues “a farce” and “an absolute disgrace” before signing off with “#F***buffering”.

The Fox Sports Australia personality wasn’t alone, with fans lamenting the “damage” caused to the world game, branding Optus “Floptus” and fearing this World Cup will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

An Optus spokeswoman said: “We believe the vast majority of viewers were not impacted and had a good viewing experience,” a spokeswoman said.

“However, some customers who watched the match on the Optus Sport app, on certain devices through other telco networks, experienced buffering issues.”

Optus said it had taken action to within its control to alleviate issues.

“As a result of these actions incidences of buffering reduced significantly during the course of the night to low levels,” the spokeswoman said.

Optus owns exclusive rights to 39 games, with SBS broadcasting 25. It had dramas on the opening night of the tournament.