Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagae revealed at a regular press conference today that he received news from a former Argentine diplomat on his way to work this morning. The diplomat believes that the main reason for Argentina's loss in the World Cup was “those who had the blood of the people of Lebanon, Palestine, the Gaza Strip, and Iran on their hands, supported the Argentine team”, and that the “negative energy” they released caused the team to lose. There has been no response from the Argentine side to Bagae's paraphrase. On the evening of July 18, local time, the Israeli Prime Minister's office released a video showing that the Argentine ambassador to Israel presented Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with the official jersey of the Argentine national team, while Netanyahu expressed support for the Argentina team in the World Cup finals.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagae revealed at a regular press conference today that he received news from a former Argentine diplomat on his way to work this morning. The diplomat believes that the main reason for Argentina's loss in the World Cup was “those who had the blood of the people of Lebanon, Palestine, the Gaza Strip, and Iran on their hands, supported the Argentine team”, and that the “negative energy” they released caused the team to lose. There has been no response from the Argentine side to Bagae's paraphrase. On the evening of July 18, local time, the Israeli Prime Minister's office released a video showing that the Argentine ambassador to Israel presented Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with the official jersey of the Argentine national team, while Netanyahu expressed support for the Argentina team in the World Cup finals.