Argentine President Javier Milei will not travel to the United States for Sunday's World Cup final, opting instead to watch the title match against Spain from home in adherence to a decades-old presidential superstition.
Milei told Buenos Aires radio station El Observador that he will view the game from his Olivos residence, continuing a ritual of wearing a heavy YPF jacket he first donned during the quarter-final win over Switzerland. No sitting Argentine president is known to have attended a national team match since 1990, when Carlos Menem visited the squad before a loss to Cameroon.
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the final in New Jersey alongside Spain's King Felipe VI and present the trophy to the winning captain. Argentina reached the final by defeating England 2-1 on July 15, while Spain advanced past France 2-0 — a result overshadowed by an attempted burglary at Lamine Yamal's home on Wednesday.