The media and political system in Algeria resorted to linking the defeat of the Algerian football team by its Argentine counterpart by 3-0 in the 2026 World Cup, with the “failure and coldness” of the electoral campaign for the legislative elections scheduled for next July, blaming the Argentine star Lionel Messi responsible for the street’s reluctance to address the candidates’ speeches. Algerian newspapers published controversial justification analyzes in which they claimed that Messi, with his “goals and movements […] The post Algerian media blames “Messi” for the faltering electoral campaign appeared first on Ashkin.