The 2026 World Cup — Final: Spain vs Argentina

I’ll be turning it off as soon as the final whistle blows.

No interest in watching that piece of shit present the trophy.

Hope these Argies don't win it, I just know Gianni wants that photo op giving the trophy to Messi to be shown for years to come.

Got a feeling Yamal might show up to take over!

Hey man, what's with all the anti-Yank not-so-subtleties?

And you Mike, disposing of decorum by besmirching the President?

It is the dawn of Tits and Ass soccerball and you are showing no class Pfft.

Trump is a gangster.

To be fair, at least he doesn't try to hide it, like our political figures.

Losing interest already

what the fuck is this

ecky thump nice brass band wheeltappers

Moments, Moments, Moments... don't the pundits have any other adjectives to use?

They all say the same thing, fucking moments.

Come on, Spain, it's your ….time.

Mike #1

I'm rather looking forward to Trump hopefully having to present the trophy to the Spanish team.

Should be watching Spain v England.

If only Tuchel hadn't messed up completely.

Fuck me this is embarrassing

“Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don't participate. They don't pay. I don't want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits,” he said at a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

“Don't even talk to them. They're hopeless, bad people,” the president said.

Yamal is a wonderful player but, like so many in the modern era, he's so bloody one-footed, it's infuriating.

David @4, that is a very good description of Donald.

Hopefully this game continues in the manner it has started 🤞

Hopefully this is the last World Cup for many moons hosted in the States.

The Final for a a start should have been in the Azteca, it's more a colosseum of football, a mecca. I don't even recognize this gaff.

The Brazil World Cup in 2014 worked better, all in one carnival football nation and the Final in the showpiece Maracana.

New York Giants and New York Jets, Jim, in shite Yank footy.

Completely agree about Mexico. It is an outrage that none of the QF/SF/F were played in Mexico City.

There would have been none of this fecking 'let's get ready to rumble' shite. Still can't believe that happened.

Twenty minutes gone and the Argies seeing how much they can get away with.

Referee so far is poor. Missed a sure fire yellow card against the Argies.

The bad taste of this World Cup is Trump's corruption and the complicity of Infantino.

Fifa officials being put up at the Trump tower and supposedly paying rent to the Trump family.

I understand the ref not going too early, but come 35/40 minutes that Mac Allister foul is a yellow.

Yes to the letter of the law, he should give what is deserved, but do we want 11 v 10 after 20 minutes? Ruins the game for me. A decent ref lets a couple of bits and pieces go, until they start taking the piss.

How does that red prick in the Argentina team actually get a yellow?

Wow that’s a shock,
apparently FIFA are corrupt,
who knew?

I hope they have got rubber gloves to give to the winning team if they have to handle a trophy touched by Trump.

It will feel dirty for the rest of time.

Trump may leave early as it will be past his bedtime and besides he has to rehearse his threatening speeches for his personal website.

Ron #21

If it was only trophies, he touched up....

To think Chelsea supporters didn't rate Cucheralla when he first signed. Shows you what Chelsea supporters know about football, fucking morons.

There you go, 1st yellow 40 minutes as predicted.

Safe to say this game hasn't got going yet, lol.

His hair though, Jeff.

Let's hope the Redshite bandit Mac Allister gets his deserved red.

Jealous PG?
That’s some barnet

Spain easily the better team.

But beware, Argies still have Messi.

Some pressure and questions asked but it never turned into the Spanish Inquisition.

Snare, snare, cymbal, Dale #30

You touched a raw nerve there, Jeff.

Not a single shot from the Argies. Rodri and Koo-Koo playing so well.

¡Vamos, España!

Big McDonald's half-time delivery.

What a load of trash.

Half-time show worse than the game...

The most embarrassing, worst, unnecessary, uncomfortable, half-time in any sporting event, anywhere, ever.

Give me Hit The Bar any day of the week!

Do the Yanks actually like things like this?

Genuine question.

Half time pie and pint does me

Wouldn’t be a show without punch (Shakira, Shakiraaaa)
Them kids are shit singers

Just waiting now for some American probably Dana White to come out and say, Oh it might catch on this "soccer," thing, we should have our own World Cup!

My wife Breige ain't really a football fan but will watch the big occasions.

Even she lost interest and fucked off to bed early after that first half and the "entertainment"

Get on with the game, for fuck's sake.

I just threw up.

And Ad breaks in the half-time 'show'.

Those kids are fucking irritating.

We still have Trump to come on to present the trophy.

As they say, you can't have a show without Punch!

Fuck the game.

Bring Shakira back on!

At least we can all turn off when the orange peado comes on, the footy will be finished.

Well said Rooney. “ I like them acts, but that was crap “.

Everyone slating the show, then . SHAKIRA!!!! 😍

Will America now realise their “World Series” isn’t quite what it’s hyped up to be?🙄🙄

Toronto nearly won it last year Jeff

How not to play out a World Cup Final in a nutshell, 25 half time minutes of nonsense

Jeff #46

Is Jeffrey Donaldson making an appearance?

Looking foward to the closing ceremony Jim? Has there ever been a WCF closing ceremony before?

I'm all for a longer half time show 25 - 30 mins, as long as it's just Shakira, get her down to Hill dickinson !!

Kids will be writing about that half-time in a hundred years.

I bet Shakira could hit the bar

Fuck that load of shite going to see a football match and finishing up in the bleedin' Empire.

I wouldn't have bunked in to see those performers, I've seen better in the pubs in Great Charlotte Street.

Hope this second half bucks up or we'll be watching more shite in extra time and penalties.

Brendan, there's only one Orange Peado and that's Trump.

Jeffrey Donaldson is not orange... unless we're getting into politics, which doesn't include Trump either.

Stop it, David.

Moyes and Shakira?

We wouldn't know whether we were coming or going!

Why is it, because of 1 decent player who plays in an American league, they all want Argentina to win?

Apart from Messi, the rest are just a bunch of thugs in football boots.

PG, who knows? Everyone turns off after the footy anyway, unless you’re the winners, which we never are!

Paul H, sadly yes, there are many that take pride in Americans' garish behavior. And it isn't just the dudes.

Pedro you dumbass. They had the box loaded up.

The longer it remains 0-0 the more I fear the Argies will sneak it.

Nothing worse than 40-something Texas Trumpettes Dale.

Has there been a worse World Cup Final?

90 and 94 were bad but this bad?

Argentina turning to darker arts.

You want it darker?

Still not a single shot from the Argies

The 2002 one was also awful, Andrew.

Referee is poor. Game very scrappy.

Spain lost their rhythm a little which suits Argentina, much like the England game.

90 was a bore, penalty final wasn't it?

Had World in Motion though in 1990 Dale

Nobody better than Argentina at pushing shoving and shirt pulling and a weak referee allows it.

Fuckin Zidane going with the 21st Century MacGyver look. Ha!

Jeff #58

Jeffrey has often described himself as a "proud orange man" and has recently been convicted of some vile crimes.

I'm not talking politics... I'm just calling out despicable
evil.

It was Paul but at least it managed a couple of goals

Fair point Paul. 90 music-wise was brill.

Most World Cup finals are pretty poor, its a mixture of good teams cancelling each other out, players not playing their natural game and the fear of making mistakes.

"We have a fullllll House". Proud boast

A bit different from Everton in the seventies. We used to knock 15-20 thousand off the gate regularly. Apparently the tax man loved full houses

Would have been a better game if England had made it, and that's not something I ever thought I'd hear myself say.

I hate games that are shite when you don't particularly care who wins.

No extra time please...

I suppose Messi will get the "superior player of the match" award

Come on Spain

Can anyone remember a match where a team had no shots over the first four quarters?

That's up to The Donald Edward

See ya Enzo.

What a shite game and, as others point out above, it very much resembles others in this young century.

Football? Meh!

what's the little twat still doing on the pitch?

Slimy ratboy Enzo

Messi the Rat wanting Cuccerella sent off for covering his mouth, even though he engaged him, fucking cheating Argie facist

What a save, the only Argentinian that plays football

I blame pep for the boringness of the modern game.
Everyone thinks they can play his way, and you just end up with huge percentage of most games played between CBs and keepers.

Argies 2 - TWO - touches in the Spanish box

I think Argentina might go defensive here in the hope of taking it to penalties with 10 men🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Me too David

Bring back the 90's, proper wingers like Giggs, Kanchelskis, McManawoman, proper 4-4-2 with two strikers like Shearer and Ferdinand, Wright and Bergkamp etc etc

Just so much more free flowing, goalkeepers sending long goal kicks straight down meadow.

Games too much like a chess match nowadays

Playing with 9 men without the ball now!
Messi literally does no work without the ball.

Isn’t the answer to this negative football, to dispense with penalty shootouts, and replace them with shots on target, or possession in opponents half. Something, anything, to avoid games like this.

My god Darren Cann is a wet wipe

No way will Spain be allowed to score here

Amazingly, Argentina are still in the game. If they do find a way to win this, could they take the crown of the ‘dogs of war’?

Football Spain 16 shots Les; non-football Argies 0 shots

Exactly Paul.

Fucking hell Mikel

Wonder what the odds are for Argentina to win on penalties

C'Mon Spain. Send these dirty, cheating f*ckers home!

Make that 19-0 in shots now; Argies 2 touches in Spain's box.

¡Vamos, España!

C'mon Shearer get singing with Freddie Mercury, it's the final countdown de de de de de de de

Woooooooooo

It's the Final Countdown dooooooo de de de de de de de

Alfuckinright then!

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

This get ruled out you know for offside

GET FUCKING IN

Fat Bottom Argentinians!

Actually, they may be getting skinny with Shithead Millei auctioning everything off.

All the tiki taka bollocks, what worked?

A cross... a flick-on, and smash it in!!

Fuck right off, you Argie twats. Viva Espana.

Don't go full English, get another one!

This final reminds me of the Italia '90 final.

These marginal offsides are so subjective, where’s the graphic on the pass release?

5 minutes out of 15?

Yes Andrew, and only 1 minute in the first 45, corrupt, someone wants Argentina/Messi to win 😉😉😉😉

Dont cry for me Argentina

Just Fuck Off, you and Gianni, go on.

Victory for football

YES, justice

Viva Espana!

Commiserations to Argentina but they were poor against quality tonight.

Scum of the earth

Still after extra time over, a couple of Argentinians still trying to cause trouble.

Where's The Malvinas banner/rag?

Fuck Trump, Infantino and just about every owner/s of "top" teams.

That match was dire entertainment, full of masquerading players, just like much of the football in this country.

Shakira was M(Madame)OTM for Christ's sake.

Don't you dare bring it on, Friedkin!

I don't know about the Malvinas banner, maybe Argentina should show a white flag.

Trump will probably refuse to hand it over.

'I like to hit it high, so it will hit an arm. but you 've got to hit it low.'

Ian Wright.

8 o'clock kick off. Still not finished.

Circus.

Well done, Spain, the best side won.

Them horrible cheating Argies should be banned.

Remember what Donald said about Spain last week.

"I don't want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits,” he said at a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.. “Don't even talk to them. They're hopeless, bad people,” the president said.

Give 'em the trophy, sir.

With a bit of luck, Trumpy has fallen down the steps.

Listen to them boos!

Now we have the Trump show.

He still thinks football is a democrat's head.

The game's gone.

I agree with Shearer.

I can't watch Trump.

Did he turn it into the me, me, me show?

Thank god a football-playing team won, despite everything.

The worst World Cup final I've seen in a long time. Argentina should be ashamed of themselves.

I thought hang on, has our David Moyes taken over, or been the advisor to the Argies? I bought my son an Argies shirt as that's his favourite team, I'm getting a refund tomorrow.

Coldplay were more entertaining than the Argies and that's saying something. No wonder the yanks don't get football with crap like that. I wonder do M&S do refunds on half-eaten food?

Jim @94., "C'mon Shearer get singing with Freddie Mercury, it's the final countdown de de de de de de de"

Wasn't Freddie it was Europe. And it's
De de da da de de da da da repeat ad lib 😀and fade

The type of game that makes you hate modern football... boring sideways passes, recycling possession.

Jim Bemings, I agree football was far better in the 90s, the game was more physical then as well, no VAR to spoil it and a couple of subs instead of the bus full you have on the bench now.

And what the fuck was that half-time nonsense? 27 minutes of absolute shite... embarrassing.

That's spot on Mike O, what a shite game, Argies doing what Argies do, they even caused a ruckus in the rugby union game against England. I'm delighted they got beat in both games.

I was disappointed with Spains play after their performance against France, It seems France are not as good as everyone thought.

As Corporal Jones once commented - They Don't Like It Up Em !! and Messi the Goat - give me a break - Pele by far the Superior player and human being. Messi standing with his mates and holding up that banner ! Pele in a 100 years would never have done that. He'd have told them to roll it up and behave. It was good that Spain won, I had hoped for a 4 - 0 type of scoreline. Now let's see what pathetic punishment they receive for the banner and the after match antics. A 2 year ban for all concerned and a £1m fine would not go amiss, plus a 3 month community otder, to clean up the Penguin shit on the Falklands, whilst wearing their 'lucky' kit.

Apparently the Argy Rugby Union team, changed their kit, to the Maradonna shirt, when the played England, the other day. They lost and then had the gall to complain about the loud music and partying of the England players in the dressing room after the match !

A boring competition I thought.
Watched less games than any previous World Cup, some of that down to kick off times.

Raymond,
Did you take the 6s available on Mbappe top scorer we discussed a few weeks back?

Good for you John, no I didn't I'm sorry to say, I didn't have a bet in the comp. at all.

I didn't have a bet on my namesake Fox in the Open Golf either, he would have been a hell of a price. Can't bet for daft reason like that though. I did remember his dad playing stand off for the All Blacks many moons ago.

Although I was down on England most of the comp. the way Spain played, England maybe could have beaten them in the final if they had won against the Argies. Ifs a very big word though.

Now that it is all over, so it should be for Infantino and his R slickers. He should resign and if he won't UEFA needs to go it's own way. Kowtowing to Trump over the USA red card, creating a peace prize, to smooth the man baby's ego was nauseating in the extreme. Allowing a half time show and the ridiculous hydration breaks in air conditioned stadiums, wtf was that all about. Arranging the draw so Spain, Argentina, England and France could not meet until the semi finals, as long as they won their groups, which surprise, surprise they all did. He now wants 64 teams, as he never heard of killing the goose that lays the golden egg ?

Apparently the 2030 World Cup which is being held in Europe and North Africa, will have 3 games played in South America ie Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, so he obviously expects all 3 to qualify. If so put them in a group with Mexico and let them kick lumps out of each other before the top two, catch a red cross plane to Madrid.

For me the tournament was a disappointment both in the quality of the matches, Cape Verde excepted, and the eagerness to accept, kicking, punching, barging, play acting and attempts to get opposition players sent off by the officials. 40 minutes it took last night before an Argy was booked, when Olmo had been hacked within the first 10 minutes. Yellow and reds are there to make sure all that kind of stuff does not go on. So why not use them ? Makes one wonder doesn't it. One last thing, were did the 5 minutes of injury time, at the end of the second half of extra time come from ? Again it makes you wonder. Viva Expana !

Argentina are sore losers, shocking antics at the end. Paredes should have got a red card during the game, instead of after.

Then turning their backs as Spain received the trophy, very poor sportsmanship. They should be charged by Fifa. Messi trying to get Cucurella sent off was a new low.