Australiantrading platform Mitrade has signed on as the official regional CFD sponsor forArgentina's national football team, betting on the World Cup champions'popularity across Southeast Asia and Australia to expand its user base.Mitrade Teams Up withArgentine Football AssociationTheMelbourne-founded company announced the partnership today (Tuesday), calling itpart of their "Rise with Champions" campaign. Argentina's nationalteam jerseys are outselling those of traditional football giants throughout theregion, according to the company.Kevin Lai,Mitrade's vice president, drew parallels between football strategy and trading."Football, like financial markets, requires analytical thinking, quickdecision-making and strategic insight, qualities that resonate strongly withthe mindset of our users across Southeast Asia and Australia," he said.TheArgentine Football Association (AFA) has been building ties across Asia-Pacificsince Lionel Messi led the team to World Cup victory. A friendly match inJakarta sold out with 60,000 fans attending, while Australian supporters haveshown growing interest in the team, particularly around Messi.Argentine FootballEmbraces Financial PartnershipsThis is notthe first time Argentina’s national football team has partnered with a firmfrom the retail trading sector. In 2022, the cryptocurrency exchange Binancesigned a five-year agreement with the AFA. In 2023, XTrend, a CySEC-regulatedbroker, became a regional fintech sponsor of Lionel Messi and his teammates.Earlierthis year, digital asset platform XBO.com joined as a partner of the AFA,followed shortly by online trading platform PU Prime, whose official signingceremony occurred several months later.As forMitrade, the company secured Lloyd’s backing for a $1 million additional traderprotection plan at the start of 2025, following in the footsteps of otherbrokers offering similar solutions, including ATFX and VT Markets.This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.