FIFA WC 26 - Other Nations LIVE Match Thread ⚽

[rebelliousfeminist974]

That's it. Spain are the 2026 World Cup winners. They deserve it.

Spain winning the World Cup this cycle by the same scoreline as they did in 2010, also after extra time and have now gone 38 games unbeaten as the newly crowned world champions to add to their existing European title.

 

[grazorblade]

Do u reckon argentina played negative or were just blown off the park?

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Do u reckon argentina played negative or were just blown off the park?

Argentina were outclassed by Spain throughout the World Cup final and the second yellow card for Enzo Fernandez didn't help them either.

 

[erogenouszone]

Do u reckon argentina played negative or were just blown off the park?

I'm going to say blown off the park because Spain contained them & they couldn't play at all.

 

[HappyGuus]

Argentina going full feral now

 

[JS96]

Is this Spain's chosen victory music? Geez. Just sooth yourself down after 120min of fighting.

 

[JS96]

Do u reckon argentina played negative or were just blown off the park?

Argentina didn't help themselves and England battered them for a good hour before imploding. They had this odd lethargy all tournament before only switching on late. Dickhead and his red didn't help.

 

[JS96]

Argentina going full feral now

Footage from the country or on the pitch?

 

[Robbos]

Yawn football triumphs. Players happy but nowhere near as emotive as previous winners. It's almost as if they knew their slow grinding away at the competition would get them victory.

Additionally the fans at the game are unlikely to be purists and just there for vibes.

You kick and run fan?

 

[JS96]

This is akin to an Australian swimming gold. We know we're good.

Players spent after 120min but Argentina players hardly interested in giving congratulations.

 

[grazorblade]

I'm going to say blown off the park because Spain contained them & they couldn't play at all.

Reckon if spain did this to england the english pundits would assume england were too negative when the reality is spain are just amazing

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Reckon if spain did this to england the english pundits would assume england were too negative when the reality is spain are just amazing

That could well be the case when Spain meet England for the first time as world champions when UEFA Nations League gets underway in September.

 

[JS96]

You kick and run fan?

Not exactly but just hogging the ball and doing little with it is boring to watch. Something of a mix with quick transitions and moving the ball quickly to stagger the defensive line is more my thing.

The game moved faster than I had anticipated.

 

[Decentric]

Congratulations to Spain winning.

They have been unequivocally the best team in the WC.

Fair play to them!

 

[JS96]

Scuffles from the benches. Argentina are utter pish. Any sport, look at how they behave. Nalbandian, Chela. Absolute wankers.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Congratulations to Spain winning.

They have been unequivocally the best team in the WC.

Fair play to them!

Spain have only conceded the one goal throughout their World Cup campaign in addition to scoring 14 goals and finish with a record of seven wins and one draw.

 

[Decentric]

Not exactly but just hogging the ball and doing little with it is boring to watch. Something of a mix with quick transitions and moving the ball quickly to stagger the defensive line is more my thing.

The game moved faster than I had anticipated.

This is where I differ from a few posters.

It is very difficult to maintain possession. Having done so much of it on the training track in coaching teams to do it, I really appreciate the likes of Spain, Portugal and France doing it so well.

It requires so much teamwork and cohesion to play like them.

 

[Decentric]

Spain have only conceded the one goal throughout their World Cup campaign in addition to scoring 14 goals and finish with a record of seven wins and one draw.

Wow!

Had no idea.

Conceding only 1 goal is incredible!

 

[erogenouszone]

Is Gianni going to accidentally tongue kiss the Spain player during the trophy presentation ?

 

[Decentric]

The World Cup Final is also a triumph for pure football teams succeeding.

Both Spain and Argentina deviate from the prevailing norm of huge, bulky UEFA teams. That is, with excessively tall, bulky players.

England being the case in point. They left some smaller, more nimble players at home. Spain and Argentina had plenty of them. Only teams of this calibre can exploit the overly large teams with many players of large physical stature, who are less nimble players.