Infantino ‘desperate’ for Egypt’s goal, the meme between photos and videos (fake) at the World Cup

For a few seconds he looks like the most disappointed fan in the stadium and that expression of desperation will remain one of the cult images of the World Cup. Argentina then puts things right with an extraordinary comeback: down 0-2 until the 79th minute, the world champion national team comes back to 2-2 in the 84th minute thanks to a super Lionel Messi and in full injury time puts the arrow: 3-2 with the goal from Fernandez and Albiceleste in the quarterfinals. Egypt protests vigorously over the refereeing decisions. coach Hassam Hossan who accuses FIFA of wanting to take the Albiceleste national team all the way to the World Cup “for marketing reasons”.

FIFA president infantino was shamelessly celebrating Argentina 2nd goal pic.twitter.com/0NkjVbd7Od

— Ainà Dipo 🇳🇬 (@dipoaina1) July 7, 2026

On X, the conspiracy theory is rampant. And a video in particular spreads like wildfire showing Infantino, in the grandstand, making an apparent gesture of disappointment while other spectators cheer behind him. Many users link the images to the Argentina-Egypt match and associate the FIFA president’s disappointment with a goal by the North African national team. In reality, as the community notes also highlight, the images refer to another match.