After the severe mockery from foreign students due to the defeat of the National Team and the Malvinas Cause, the demand is growing for them to stop accessing Argentine public health and education for free
To save his position, Infantino allegedly yielded to Aleksander Čeferin and accepted a refereeing trio “completely Slovenian”, compatriots of the UEFA president, led by Slavko Vinčić. The net closed with the German Bastian Dankert in the VAR and the Colombian Nicolás Gallo as AVAR, representatives of nations with a historic World Cup rivalry against Argentina.
The execution of the plan against the National Team was surgical:
Slavko Vinčić, a referee with a “dark background” after being arrested in 2020 in a raid for “prostitution, drugs, and weapons”, applied a double standard during the match.
Spain committed 16 fouls and received no yellow cards, while Enzo Fernández was sent off for a second yellow card, the first of which was for an “outrageous” protest by raising his fist.
The history was damning: Spain had never lost with Vinčić in 6 matches, while the only 2 World Cup defeats of the Scaloni era were officiated by the Slovenian.
Even actor Samuel L. Jackson joined the campaign, stating that Argentina was “one of the most racist countries, if not the most racist in the world”.
The Argentinians have said enough to the exploitation of their public resources by those who not only do not contribute but also despise our identity. The demand for charging for health and education for foreigners exploded definitively after the 2026 World Cup final, where the Argentine National Team was the victim of an “institutional” and refereeing “maneuver” to prevent Lionel Messi from lifting another cup. This social outrage deepened upon learning that the attack on the country was a “mega international campaign”, reported as paid and financed from abroad.
In line with the mandate for order and justice from the Argentine people, the national government of Javier Milei has already authorized by decree the collection of fees from non-resident foreigners in health and education.
Currently, the effective implementation of this measure depends on the political will of each governor and provincial authorities, who have in their hands the possibility of allocating those resources “prioritizing Argentinians”.
The indignation reached its boiling point after the viralization of videos and posts from foreign students, many of them enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), who celebrated Argentina's defeat against Spain. What began as a sports taunt escalated to “explicit mockery linked to the Malvinas Cause, the memory of the fallen, and other national symbols”.
It is intolerable that, while they have “free access to public university education” funded by the Argentine taxpayer, these individuals disrespect the country that shelters them. In response, thousands of users demand the expulsion of those involved or the immediate removal of the benefit of free education.
This foreign disdain has its correlate in the upper echelons of world football. The “theft” of the final was not casual: Gianni Infantino was being heavily questioned by European federations and threatened with being removed as FIFA president. The UEFA, led by Aleksander Čeferin, warned that if Argentina won, they would move to oust him, accusing him of favoring the National Team.
