KUALA LUMPUR: Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin became the laughing stock on Twitter after Argentina lost 0-1 to Germany in the 2014 World Cup final.

Khairy, who had previously announced he was a big Argentina fan, was sporting enough to retweet the photo, which had been edited by a Twitter user showing him crying.

The photo was uploaded at 5:49am today, has gained nearly 4,800 'retweets' and 1,290 'favorites'.

Khairy became the laughing stock among his followers after he predicted that Argentina will win this year's World Cup.


Khairy was also made fun of by his boss, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak immediately after the final whistle.


Najib and Khairy were among the 25,000 football fans who had gathered at the Dataran Merdeka this morning to watch the 2014 World Cup final, in the Brazilian Samba Fiesta programme organized by the Youth and Sports Ministry.

CATCH THE PHOTOS AT DATARAN MERDEKA HERE.