New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani refused to support Spain or Argentina ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 finals, joking that every team he supported during the tournament has lost.Speaking to reporters at City Hall, Mamdani was asked which side he would be cheering for in Sunday’s final. Instead of naming a favorite player, he laughed off the question and said he didn’t want to bring bad luck to any team.He said, “Everyone I root for has lost. I feel like anyone I root for is going to lose at this point.”Instead Meyer praised the tournament and said he was looking forward to a remarkable meeting between Spain’s teenage star Lamine Yamal and Argentina captain Lionel Messi.Mamdani, recalling the widely shared photo of Messi bathing Yamal as a child, admitted that he initially thought the image was AI-generated.“I thought the image of Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal was AI,” he said, adding that he later learned it was a real photo taken years ago, when neither player would have imagined meeting on football’s biggest stage.Reflecting on the significance of the moment, Mamdani said it was “very incredible” that Messi and Yamal would now face each other in the World Cup final.Avoiding any predictions on the outcome, he ended with what he described as a “classic politician answer”, saying he was simply “excited for a good game.”