Early this morning (July 19), England defeated France with a score of 6-4 to win third place overall at the 2026 World Cup.
The final match between Spain and Argentina will take place in the early morning of July 20.
The South American representative once again participates in the final match of the World Cup as the defending champion. However, the journey of Lionel Scaloni's team is not easy when they have to continuously overcome tense matches in the knockout round before winning a ticket to the final.
Argentina has repeatedly fallen into difficult situations in the knockout rounds, some matches had to drag the opponent into extra time, some matches only decided the result in injury time. Each time the South American team is deadlocked, a different individual appears. Enzo Fernandez, Lautaro Martinez or Julian Alvarez all made their mark, but Lionel Messi is still the center of the team's play.
Not only directly scoring goals, the Argentine captain also plays the role of creating and connecting the lines. Although turning 39, Messi is still the biggest support for the reigning champion, especially at times when the team needs to make a difference.
Their opponent is Spain, the team with the most solid defense in the tournament when they have only conceded 1 goal and are also in the group with the highest attacking efficiency since the beginning of the World Cup.
Spain's stability makes many experts believe that the European representative is capable of overthrowing the champion. Besides the uniform quality of the squad, this team also possesses a better physical foundation when many key players are at their peak.
World Cup 2026 schedule early morning of July 20:
2:00 AM: Spain vs Argentina
