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🚨 HISTORY MADE! 🇪🇸

For the first time in FIFA World Cup history, a nation will start two teenagers in the final: Pau Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal for Spain.

Every player under the age of 20 who previously started a World Cup final went on to lift the trophy:

🇺🇾 Rubén Morán — Uruguay (1950)

🇧🇷 Pelé — Brazil (1958)

🇮🇹 Giuseppe Bergomi — Italy (1982)

🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé — France (2018)

Lionel Messi is the first player in football history to start three FIFA World Cup finals: 🇧🇷 2014 🇶🇦 2022 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽 2026 🐐

Cafu also played in three World Cup finals, but only started two: 🔹 1994 – Came on as a substitute (21') 🔹 1998 – Starter 🔹 2002 – Starter

Kylian Mbappé on the worst game he ever played and why Achraf Hakimi was to blame 😂🇫🇷🇲🇦:

🗣️ “The worst match was the World Cup semi-final. I think we just talked for an hour and a half.

We organised our vacation because we were going together. Then he [Hakimi] was telling me who came to the game from his family, then asking me, 'Did your family all come?'

The game was played over there!"

What do you think of Messi’s performances at the World Cup at the age of 39?

🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski: "What he is doing at this age is incredible. The Argentina national team plays for him, and that gives Leo the chance to show his best level. He is an unbelievable player.

This is also another final in his career, and after already winning the World Cup, that could make the task a little easier for Spain."

Who will you support? We see that your child is wearing a Lamine Yamal shirt…

Marcelo: “Yes, we are also supporting Spain. We have great respect for Argentina, and we also have many Argentine friends.

I hope it will be a beautiful football spectacle for the fans.”

Your prediction for the final?

Donald Trump: “It’s very difficult to bet against Messi. I watched that pass… or maybe you could call it an assist. It was absolutely perfect.

Of course, his teammate also needed great talent to finish it with such a quick header, but the pass itself was perfect.

If there was a perfect area for the ball to arrive, Messi put it exactly in that spot.

I also watched the moment before that, how he got away from the defender. He was being closely marked, then suddenly he was alone and played the ball with perfection.

That’s why I say: it’s very difficult to bet against Messi. He is a great player.”

Shakira before the Spain vs Argentina final: "The last time Spain reached a final was in South Africa…and they won it.

"Who am I supporting? My kids are with Spain. I'm a friend of Messi's and proud of everything he has achieved."

▪️ People very close to Julián Álvarez believe that Atlético officials' public comments about him, just 48 hours before the World Cup Final, were not made with good intentions.

▪️ The relationship between Álvarez and Atlético has now deteriorated even further.

▪️ There is a possibility that he will not report for Atlético's training if the situation continues like this.

▪️ Julián feels the club has shown him a lack of respect, and he wants to leave at any cost.

[ESPN]

Ronaldo: "I think Spain will beat Argentina comfortably, considering the exceptional football they've been playing.

"I don't think Argentina have the ability to come back if they go 1-0 or 2-0 down, because Spain will dominate possession the entire time."

Michael Olise has just broken the record for most assists in a single FIFA World Cup - 7 👏

His total has surpassed Brazil's legendary Pelé who achieved 6 assists during the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.