Sometimes football forgets about chance and plays fair. Sometimes it rewards the one who tries the most, the one who deserves it the most and the one who plays it the best. That was Spainthe team that did everything possible to be the 2026 World Cup championand not just any champion, this is one that thrilled with his harmony gamewith that game that invites you, that fascinates you, that excites you. And with that delicious football, Spain beat the brave Argentina 1-0Messi’s, and celebrates the second crown in its historywith authority, with beauty and with justice.
The game started and immediately Spain grabbed the ball as if it were his, as if noticing his domain and that he was not going to lend it, as if it were not a ball but a crystal ball in which the players saw all the glory that awaited them after 120 minutes. The Spanish musicians began to play what they know: one, two, three passes, back, to the side, in front, applause, and the Argentines were vigilant warriors, the kind who do not dare, but sweat; Spain continued doing its thing, 4, 5, 6 passes, wall, an abusive cue, a Yamal’s first shot to the hands of the Draw. Spain, however, knew that it not only needed its magical football, it needed ingenuity. It was when Oyarzabal He found the ball on the edge of the area and launched a good shot that was saved by the Argentine goalkeeper. Minutes later, he intervened Cucurella with a low left foot and the ball passed very close. Spain arrived, but they were barely skirmishes.
Spain Vs. Argentina. Photo:AFP.
He first time was poor in general. It was sold out and the atmosphere of being the final match was still not felt, there were no goalshad not even appeared Messi –if he touched the ball–. Spain, tired of having the ball, did not finish; Argentina, tired of defendingdid not decide to risk: this match still did not seem like the final. If suspense and drama were expected, it was a corny melodrama. When the 45 whistle blew, the teams felt like they were in a truce. They needed to rest, not their legs but their minds. Promising to play again in the final that still seemed like they weren’t playing.
Spain vs. Argentina Photo:EFE
Back, Spain was the best Spainhe resumed his suffocating behavior and grabbed his magic ball. Baena was the first to try it. After Ferran Torres. Then Pedri… And since the attackers couldn’t, the defenders went to try, with the shot of Cubarsi and the headbutt of Laporte. The only thing missing was for the goalkeeper Simón, bored with so much stillness, to also go try. The thing about Spain was no longer music, it was monologue. But without a goal. And meanwhile, the Dibu flew from one side to the other to be the hero. The Argentine players felt that their rival seemed like a gale that pushed them against their goal and suffocated them. And although they fought and braved, they couldn’t even breathe. And if they looked at Messi it was to ask him, are you there?
2026 World Cup Final. Photo:AFP
However, it was not clear how Spain was going to defeat the Drawnor how Argentina was going to know the rival goal. The game was approaching lengthenbut the fans were already betting on who was going to kick the criminal. Before the extension, Argentina lost Enzo Fernández due to expulsion. And if with 11 they were already a wall, with 10 were to be a Trojan wall. The 90 minutes are up -was another shortcut from Dibu, to Yamal– and the Albiceleste players looked at Messi again as if to ask him: and now what do we do?
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The fans who fear the criminal they cried out for a goal in extra timetogether, whatever, it didn’t have to be pretty. But Spain once again found the hands of the miraculous drawing before auction Nico Williams. To one’s own Williams had a goal disallowed for a previous offense.
Spain national team Photo:EFE
They passed 106 minutes so that Spain, finally, could beat Draw. Williams The ball lowered like someone who lowers the sun, and Ferran Torres He grabbed it full, on fire, kicked with the force of all the Spaniards and he scored the heroic goal, 1-0. The Argentine resistance was broken and no one was looking at Messi anymore, because there was no time left for a feat, and yet, Argentina pushed to see if they could find one of those goals that they know well; They were close, but Spanish victory He wasn’t going to get frustrated. They, the Spanish, they won the final and the World Cup because they were the best. Football, for once, was full of justice…
PABLO ROMERO
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