60,000 signatures to replay the final! Argentina won't let go of conspiracy theorism even with the cup raised 🏆🇦🇷

People's shed, what a mess has been stirred up in Argentina. It turns out that a fan named Gisela Sánchez has launched a petition on Change.org asking for the World Cup final to be replayed because the Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic made decisions that —according to her— influenced the result. And the craziest thing: it already hasmore than 61,500 signatures. From here, with all due respect, I ask: is this passion or not knowing how to handle defeat? Because Spain scored a goal in extra time by Ferrán Torres, the match was clean, intense, and the referee didn't gift anything that he wouldn't have called anywhere else.

On top of that, this isn't the first time it's happened. France already launched a similar campaign after the semifinal against Spain, with82,000 signatures asking for a replay because of a penalty. In other words, the pattern is curious: whenever Spain wins, there's someone asking for a replay. Coincidence or trend, you decide.

Photo: elmundo.es

Messi after the final... tough image, but from there to asking to replay the match is a stretch.

I leave you the comparison of the two most heard petitions of the 2026 World Cup:

Country	Signatures	Match they ask to replay	Alleged irregularity
🇦🇷 Argentina	61.500+	Final vs Spain	Vincic's officiating (without evidence)
🇫🇷 France	82.000+	Semifinal vs Spain	Penalty prior to foul (without evidence)

Notice that France has more signatures than Argentina, but theirs was a semifinal, not the final. And in both cases, neither petition has regulatory validity. FIFA is not going to replay a damn thing unless there is a huge and proven irregularity. Here there is not a video, nor an audio, nor a questioned refereeing report. Only the discontent of a fan base that can't digest the result.

Petition signatures for replaying matches against Spain

Argentina (final)

61500

France (semifinal)

82000

And look, I understand the pain of losing a final. Spain knows what it's like to fall in 2010 against Switzerland, in the 2018 semifinals against Russia or in the round of 16 in 2022 against Morocco. But we never started a signature campaign asking to replay the match. That's from another planet.

Look, I think this goes beyond football. Argentina has a huge tradition of conspiracy theories — we've already seen it these days with the FBI thing, the FIFA threat, the blackmail... It's as if they couldn't accept that Spain was better in the decisive match. The final was close, yes, but Spain had more possession, more clear chances, and Ferrán finished at the right moment. There were no robberies, no blatant refereeing errors.

The worst part is that this petition adds to others already circulating, like France's. If Spain had won while losing, with a ghost goal or a wrongly disallowed offside, maybe even I would have signed. But that's not the case. That's sports: sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. And greatness lies in accepting it with sportsmanship.

Fun fact: on that same Sunday, after the final, tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets to thank the national team for making it that far. In other words, the average fan seems to have taken it better than this lady with 61.500 digital supporters. Curious, isn't it?

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And now comes the big debate I throw at you:

Do you think these petitions are a sign of well-understood passion or simply not knowing how to lose? To what extent does it make sense to ask for a match replay without objective evidence?

I think it's a bit of digital posturing. 61.500 signatures are a lot, but compared to the 46 million Argentines it's a tiny percentage. And on Change.org there are petitions for everything: from replaying the Super Bowl to changing New Year's time. It doesn't mean anything.

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Petition signatures for replaying matches against Spain

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