I have never been interested in football throughout my life. I have occasionally glanced at national matches. I must confess that my watching the second half of the "Spain-Argentina match" on Sunday evening was received by my household with some surprise and, moreover, meaningful smiles.
Spain ultimately won the World Cup with a single goal, and US President Donald Trump inevitably presented the medals to the Spanish team players with his own hands. It was a spectacle, of course, and I enjoyed it. Undoubtedly, since Trump is extremely hostile and obsessive toward the current Spanish administration, he would have been greatly delighted if Argentina had won.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had incurred Trump's wrath by refusing to allow US warplanes to use military bases in his country. Sanchez is also not liked one bit by the criminal Netanyahu because he openly took a stance against Israel's genocide in Gaza. The Sanchez administration officially recognized the State of Palestine in May 2024 and also intervened in the "Genocide Case" filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Before the match, the killer of thousands of children, Netanyahu, had announced to the whole world that he would be greatly delighted if Spain lost and Argentina won. Argentina's President Javier Milei, an extreme pro-Israel enthusiast, had also conveyed his gratitude to Netanyahu through Argentina's Ambassador to Israel, Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish. Thank goodness, the Spanish team made us happy by not pleasing the criminal Netanyahu and Milei.
Since the subject has come up, I will share some information about Javier Milei. Considered the most extreme representative of "1990s zombie neoliberalism," Milei prefers the title "anarcho-capitalist" for himself. When Milei's economic policies went awry, he set aside his anarchism and, with Trump's help, channeled resources from the IMF, the World Bank, and the US Treasury.
Coming from a Catholic-Italian family, Milei says he discovered that his maternal grandfather was Jewish. He even declared before being elected president that he would convert to Judaism. According to rumors, Milei suspended his conversion to Judaism due to the "Shabbat rules" in the Torah, which prohibit work and many other acts on Saturdays.
Although he has not converted to Judaism, Milei was famous during pre-election political rallies for using Jewish symbols such as the Shofar, a wind instrument made from a ram's horn, as well as waving the Israeli flag while wearing a Jewish skullcap. After being elected president, Milei secretly visited the grave in New York of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the last spiritual leader of the "Chabad-Lubavitch movement," who died in 1994 but is believed by his followers to be alive and considered the "Messiah."
Milei, who passionately defends Israel's genocide, expressed his affection for Netanyahu by appointing Shimon Axel Wahnish, whom he also refers to as his personal rabbi, as Ambassador to Israel. Trump also appointed former Evangelical pastor Mike Huckabee, a fervent Christian Zionist, as ambassador. While there were those in the Argentine Congress who reminded Wahnish that his loyalty should be to his country, not Israel, similar warnings have also been made to Huckabee in the US.
This Milei, during a visit to his friend Netanyahu in Jerusalem, cried profusely at the "Wailing Wall" wearing a Jewish skullcap. Israel, for its part, presented Milei with the "Genesis Prize," also known as the "Jewish Nobel Prize," which carries a $1 million award. Milei promised to spend the prize money on developing diplomatic relations between Israel and Latin American countries under what he called the "Isaac Accords."
One of Milei's promises to Israel was to move the Argentine Embassy to occupied Jerusalem. Only seven of the United Nations' 193 members have moved their embassies to Jerusalem. If Argentina were to join, this number would rise to eight. We do not fully know for what reasons, but Milei has not yet fulfilled his promise.
In short, there are very few who mourn Argentina's defeat in the Spain-Argentina match, and many who are delighted that Spain won. Argentina's Lionel Messi could not hold back his tears after the match. Yet if they had won, they should have cried. Messi should have been especially glad to be relieved of the burden of conscience of having made a criminal who ordered the killing of thousands of children happy. A football match is not above humanity.

