With the father of democracy, the Argentine national team celebrated on the balcony with Diego Maradona and Carlos Bilardo.1986: Raúl Alfonsín was president when Argentina won the World Cup in Mexico.2022: Alberto Fernández was president when the team won in Qatar.Chiqui Tapia and Alberto Fernández before the 2022 World Cup.The trend, which moves between humor and collective superstition, seeks for President Milei to adopt the 'victory look' for the World Cup to be held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.Users suggest that the head of state should grow a mustache to ensure the Argentine team secures its fourth star.According to the Argentine News Agency, the tradition stems from the historical coincidence that Argentine presidents during the 1986 and 2022 World Cup victories (Raúl Alfonsín and Alberto Fernández, respectively) had mustaches.The 1986 and 2022 precedentThe peculiarity of this superstition is that it ignores ideology and focuses purely on physical appearance as a guarantee of sporting destiny:Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín with a mustache.Buenos Aires, Dec 6 (NA) -- Months before the start of the 2026 World Cup, a new political superstition went viral on social networks, aimed directly at President Javier Milei.The active participation of fans in non-football rituals has become an integral part of the modern liturgy of the Argentine national team.#AgenciaNA
