Medina argued with his own mother over World Cup final conspiracy theories
The Argentine defender revealed he scolded his own mother for believing Spain was favoured in the World Cup final. Paredes and Kempes also spoke out.
The defeat in the World Cup final still hurts — but what bothers Facundo Medina most is not the scoreline. It's the narrative that swept through Argentine social media after the final whistle.
The defender who represented Argentina at the 2026 World Cup revealed, in an interview with influencer Grego Rossello, that he went as far as scolding his own mother for buying into theories that Spain had been favoured by off-field factors. "Come on, are you going to go down that road too? Stop it. Give it a rest," he said, according to ge.
The episode became a symbol of something bigger: since the final, Argentine fans have flooded social media with suggestions that Spain's title was fixed — some even claiming the squad took to the pitch "knowing" they could not win.
Medina is having none of it. "In the game, we want to win like any other team. I would have been thrilled. But we lost, and we have to accept that," he added.
It was not the first time. As soon as he returned to Argentina, he was filmed on his balcony asking his neighbours to drop the subject. "Don't believe that nonsense. We are devastated about losing. It hurts us," he said on that occasion.
Medina is not alone in fighting this battle. Leandro Paredes and Mario Kempes — a champion in 1978 — also went public to rebuke the fans fuelling the theories.
The pain of the silver medal is real. Golmetria's model had given Argentina a 68% chance of reaching the final — and they did. But reaching the final is not the same as lifting the trophy. Spain won it on the pitch, and Medina wants the whole world to understand that.
The question that lingers: when will Argentine fans manage to accept the defeat — and leave the players, and their mothers, in peace?