There are technological failures and there are technological failures where the president of Argentina pre-schedules a victory tweet, Argentina loses the World Cup final to Spain on a Ferran Torres extra-time goal after failing to register a single shot on target in regulation, and the tweet goes out anyway, announcing “WORLD CELEBRATION” to Milei’s followers in the moments after his nation became the first World Cup finalist in history to attempt zero shots on goal in 90 minutes, which is the combination of circumstances that Raw Story confirmed produced “howls of laughter” online.
Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist who has described himself as the “lion” of Argentine politics and whose friendship with Trump has produced the specific dynamic where two heads of state who both lost something on Sunday are now processing it separately, posted “WORLD CELEBRATION” on X following Spain’s 1-0 extra-time victory, per Raw Story. He deleted the tweet. The tweet had already been screenshotted and distributed by enough accounts that its deletion produced no reduction in its visibility, which is the condition of social media deletion in 2026 and which Milei presumably knows given that he uses X extensively.
Argentina lost 1-0. Enzo Fernandez was sent off just before the end of normal time for a foul on Pau Cubarsi, leaving Argentina to play extra time with 10 men against Spain’s defense, which had conceded one goal in the entire tournament. Argentina had also previously waved a “Las Malvinas son Argentinas” banner on the pitch after eliminating England, which the British government filed a formal complaint about with FIFA, which FIFA has not yet investigated, which Argentina has not apologized for, and which Milei was presumably celebrating when he scheduled the victory tweet that he sent after they lost.
Argentina’s goalkeeper Emi Martinez made 11 saves in the final. The only saves that counted for the result were the ones in regulation, during which Spain also had zero shots on target, making it a game of two teams not shooting at each other until Ferran Torres came off the bench and did. Milei celebrated the not shooting.
When the president pre-schedules a victory tweet and the team loses while failing to shoot at goal, and the tweet goes out and the internet keeps it forever, what exactly was the celebration for?
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Raw Story: Trump-loving Argentina president becomes ‘laughing stock’ after World Cup tweet misfire
