Argentine President Javier Milei will not attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup final in New Jersey due to long-standing football superstitions, opting instead to support the national team from his official residence, NBC reported.
—or bad luck. The presidential avoidance of national team matches dates back to the 1990 World Cup, when then-President Carlos Menem visited the squad prior to their upset opening-match defeat to Cameroon. No sitting Argentine head of state has attended a national team match since.
By Tamilla Hasanova
