The thing about Ar[gentina] is, they always try to walk it in.
What was Scaloni thinking bringing Gonzalez on that early?
What was Scaloni thinking, sending them out again?
the thing about Argentina is, they always try and walk it in!
And what a goal. The third goal to be counted (during 1st there was a foul and 2nd was off side by like 5cm). Header from Williams Jr. and good shot from Ferran.
It is a bit tough that the best game of the tournament was the Spain - France semi, but at least the best team won.
Spain’s undoubtedly a great team but my god their style is so boring. I found their win against France both impressive and dull.
Spain always plays for possession. It’s fucking awful to watch. Like a baseball game with two great pitchers, but they both give up an early hit so there’s not a no-hitter in play.
I guess it’s boring if you don’t understand the game?
“Tiki-taka is boring” is pretty common criticism.
It’s not bad as long as Spain doesn’t have a lead. As soon as they do, the way they smother a game with possession and endless, pointless passing is boring (even if incredibly skillfull). If they score early, you’ll be watching a team play keep away for 80 minutes. Their ideal game is they score once and then nothing else of note happens. If you’re cheering for them you won’t mind but it isn’t much fun if you’re watching as a neutral. In my opinion, anyway.
It’s almost like watching Dead Puck era hockey.
I’ve been watching the game for over 30 years. Still boring. Give me France England or Germany Curaçao.
It’s hard to believe that you understand the game and yet you prefer a match (France v England) where they played like in training.
Yeah, at least they played football, not judo.
Nah, Spain is well known for having a tedious play style.
Yup. Casuals don’t like it at all.
Nah mate, most people like scoring more than keep away. Lay off the farts.
You mean casuals.
It’s boring like a Rubens painting or a Rodin sculpture.
They’re kind of the Yngwie Malmsteen of football.
Now I want to see someone arpeggio the ball.
Thank you for translating to Guitarist
Well I wouldn’t want former Guitar World subscribers to feel left out
someone snuck in this little gem into that article
No that’s good. I thought it was one of those optical illusions from the mall kiosk
Holy fuck, let’s see how long it stays up
Edit: for when they change it: https://web.archive.org/web/20260720001221/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/jul/19/spain-v-argentina-world-cup-2026-final-live-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a5d539e8f0826309aef6ac0#block-6a5d539e8f0826309aef6ac0
You missed this one 🤣 thank you Guardian I had a good laugh
I mean they are better than Trump’s ONE TIE™️ and 4" heels.
Doing the People’s work, not all heroes wear capes, a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man, etc…
The guardian link is down for me lol
Fucking lol. Still up.
Still up
Still up
Lmao, seems to have been taken down now, thank you for the archive link
Still up for me on the original site.
Thank you for the correction, I just didnt know how to navigate the weird timeline format :)
Senile Gramps out on a stroll. Better call the nureing home
Here’s hoping that the next time we see Trump getting a golden shower is when the pee tapes are released
We watched the ceremony in a restaurant after the game. Trump tried to stand with the team for the jumping celebration photo. It was a half creepy lurker, half senile old man moment. Then the FIFA asshole dragged him away. So the caption is accurate.
After Argentina’s disgraceful, imperialist sign and knowing the piece of shit they put in office: good, fuck 'em.
🤌
One of the tensest matches of the cup, the only reason being the Spanish inability to get the ball the last few meters inside the goal. Otherwise it would have been the most one-sided. Including the group stage. Tbh Argentinian defense did their job amazingly.
I mean try to get the ball in when every time you outplay an Argentinian player you get an elbow to the back or a foot between your legs.
The Argentinian team played like utter cunts. And then got into a fight when they lost.
If their offense had shown up that might have mattered
Can’t wait for Trumpy Wumpy to give the cup to Spain after consistently trying to sanction it.
I was honestly waiting for him to steal the trophy again this year.
They should verify it’s the real trophy and not a Temu counterfeit.
I’m just happy Argentina lost.
What a mediocre thing to say. I sincerely hope you one day visit Argentina or at least meet someone from that country and regret your words. The only people that feel this way are the ones chronically online who don’t really know anything about the country.
Not only I’m ecstatic that Argentina lost against Spain but I’m even more happy that the Spanish humiliated them with a fun, smart and enjoyable game leaving Argentina without a ball and with the only option of dirty tricks (sometimes just violence).
Moreover, I thought messi was playing but I didn’t see him once, weird…
Again, hopefully your country will some day make you happy. Even today I’m delighted to have witnessed a group of olayers that gave us two copa america, a finalissima and a world cup. Winning yesterday woul’ve just been icing on the cake.
And don’t kid yourself. Spain yesterday had good control of the ball but they weren’t smart nor fun. The match was boring af.
The messi comment is the typical envious one. You’ll never have a player like him and it hurts. Sucks to be you. Also, Lamine did have the ball and he did fuck all.
The match was boring because argentina were playing haramball. And even that wasn’t enough to stop spain.
Argentina didn’t register a single shot for 90 minutes and you think Spain weren’t smart or fun ?
Argentina is washed as soon as Messi retires. You guys aren’t making it out of the group stages in 2030.
Here’s to hoping you’re wrong 🤞 Good luck to you as well next time, whoever you’re rooting for.
I’m happy that Argentina lost too. They played shit football and their best claim for a title was for “dirtiest player of the tournament”.
My vote is split between Fernández and Simeone, although the latter surely is making his daddy proud.
Hopefully one day it’s your country that can male you happy. I know mine has.
I’m Spanish. I have plenty to celebrate about today.
I watched in Rome and people didn’t even celebrate. The ones that did sung “españa” and clapped three times, that was it. You I think that was the worst part was losing to a country with so little passion xD You couldn’t even write lyrics for your own national anthem.
Why the fuck would people in Rome have passion for Spain?
Because they were spaniards, genius. It was a large field with people from both sides.
They didn’t even celebrate in the stadium so I don’t know why I was surprised.
This guy was expecting them to go out into the streets of Rome in the middle of the night and start behaving like animals.
Which tells you exactly what they think “Argentinian passion” is.
Rome is not in Spain.
What a gallego response.
Everybody wanted Argentina to lose due to their player’s and fan’s behaviour. You are not helping the case at all.
Sure dude. My behavior is totally reprehensible. Denying false claims is an awful thing to do. My bad. Next time I’ll just go with the social media narrative.
There’s no way you’re not a troll. Every comment you’ve made is so fucking dumb and ignorant that it shouldn’t be possible for you to be able to write.
And yet, it is. Baffling, I know.
Congratulations. I honestly thought France / Spain would be the decider but Spain’s consistency was amazing. One goal conceded all tournament is the stat that says it all.
A well deserved win. Lots of sore heads over there today I’m sure.
Touché!
They didn’t wish ill to anyone, just expressed satisfaction the the 22 people eho played shit football and showed poor sportsmanship didn’t win a game. Calm your tits, boludo.
Except that they did? Envidioso.
Not at all.
That’s ok. You’re allowed to be wrong.
Thanks for not kicking me for it. Good start.
You’d only need to be kicked if you were too good, not too bad.
you and everyone else.
Some info from the southern hemisphere : Argentinians have such gigantic egos that one of their challenges to other south americans is “¿Cuantas copas tenes?” which translates to “How many (world) cups do you have?”.
They are on the same continent as brazil. THE TEAM THAT HAS THE MOST FOOTBALL WORLD CUPS IN THE WORLD.
Denying them their fourth is fantastic. Even better, Milei can’t use this to bolster patriotism as people keep living in the realities of argentina.
Although I’m pretty certain that he is going to enjoy busting out the militarised cops for the inevitable riot in buenos aires. I’d shed a tear for the poor Fast Food establishment they keep burning to the ground, but fuck them yankee burgers.
That joke comes from local football teams, not the national one. Although it has sinces also been used to respond to teams like Chile that come out of their cave to celebrate when argentina loses. Brazil and argentina are opponents, not enemies. If you watched more than 5 minutes of football per year, you’d already know this.
Oh shut the fuck up and go be racist to someone who doesn’t deserve it or something. It’s all your country is good for.
Lol. You don’t have anything to so you just start throwing insults around. Classic kb warrior. Also, there’s a big difference between racist and xenophobic. My comment and country are neither of those 🤷♂️ Maybe next time spend some more time thinking of a proper comeback.
Ya deja de llorar amigo 👃
Calling other people classless while dishing out xenophobic insults lol are you even from spain?
No soy español pero si me parecen muy molestos los Argentinos que se la pasan defendiendo el fútbol Argentino, tampoco es como que puedan defender otra cosa cómo la economía.
I don’t know much about sports, let alone soccer, but what I’ve learned about Argentina makes them seem like poor sports
As my friend said: You have to be really crappy for the rest of Latin America to support the colonizer
Spain play is just in an another league… it’s a miracle we made it this far and also, that we managed to mantain the counter at 0-0 for so much time.
Well done spain.
Btw, I am appreciative of your, as in, you, Siegfried, sportsmanship in this thread and sorry you’re associated with the other guy.
I was hoping Messi would win to end his career like that, but I’m also not upset that Spain won either. That goal was crazy awesome.
It was a meh goal at a moment when the 2 teams were extremely tired. What was “awesome” about it?
A back head pass by Nico, Merino pulling a defender and opening for Ferran to score. It was a pretty good goal.
But I guess that it requires some football knowledge to appreciate it?
Good? Yes. Awesome? No.
Man that remind me of my asian parent, never satisfied with my score.
True? Maybe. Good analogy? No.
It was awesome when you’re Spanish.
Feeling? Yes. Goal? No.
Che que salado estás.
No hay un disturbio que debes ir? La tienda de hamburguesas cerca de obelisco no va a quemarse su solito.
Tal vez sacate la bronca al Millei.
Literally just google what happened last night. People celebrated and nothing burned down. Sorry to burst your bubble buddy.
…you guys celebrated losing?
Also, I wouldn’t count my chickens before they hatch, there’s this whole week for people to organise and what not. I’m sure you guys will set something up.
Rofl. Nice one.
We did. Because this generation of players deserved it. They weren’t up to the task, but that doesn’t diminish their efforts nor their accomplishments.
Both teams are considered the best in the world.
Fuck FIFA but anything that makes Trump more grumpy is good news. This will be remembered as Trump’s Jesse Owens moment. Not only didn’t he manage to kick Spain out of NATO and cut trade with them, he also had to give them medals.
He also spoiled the American team by interfering
I don’t watch soccer and they probably didn’t, but if it came out that USMNT threw after that, I wouldn’t blame them. Their reputation would take decades to recover if they won that next game.
The crowd booing Trump was the best part of WC 2026.
ITT: Salty Argentinian fans replying to every comment about their crappy performance.
To be fair to them it’s just one guy. You pull on his string and he GOES, god dammn.
Oh man, mods should probably step in but boy am I glad they didn’t. It’s going over like a damp fart in a small car, but they’re so spirited in trying to insist it’s not. It’d be almost admirable if, you know, they weren’t a racist stooge.
1 goal. Sounds boring.
Better than the last one that ended in penalty shootout. For me winning on penalties is not winning at all. It’s basically a tie and definitely a lesser World Cup win.
Rules are rules. Goal is goal. Win is win. Loss is loss. Tis just a game
That wasn’t in the script.
It was if you watched Spain play any of its matches. They always controlled the ball like like there wasn’t even another team on the field. Of course Messi wasn’t going to get an opportunity to do anything.
