Baseless conspiracy theories about Argentina's defeat go viral and are debunked

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In the hours after Argentina's 1-0 defeat to Spain in the 2026 World Cup final, social media filled with posts claiming, without offering evidence, that the result was "fixed." Fact-checkers and Argentina's own coach, Lionel Scaloni, moved to dismiss those versions.

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