STAR WORLD CUP PREVIEW Sun: Spain v Argentina

Spain face Argentina in the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium on Sunday night with Spain looking for their first World Cup since 2010 and Argentina searching for their second in a row, writes JOE CITRONE.

No matter how this goes, this will be history in the making. Argentina are going for back-to-back titles, and Spain are going for their second title, sixteen years after their first.

And somewhere in the middle of it all, Messi plays what could well be his last World Cup game, needing one more moment of magic to settle the Golden Boot with Mbappe once and for all.

Spain haven’t lost in 37 games and conceded just once all tournament. Argentina, meanwhile, just keep finding a way, late, against everyone. Cape Verde, Egypt, Switzerland, England. All of them thought they had Argentina beat, but none of them did.

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Spain v Argentina
FIFA World Cup 2026 Final
20:00 BBC One / ITV1 / STV / BBC iPlayer / STV Player / BBC Sport Website

HEAD-TO-HEAD
NOV 1999 FRIENDLY Spain 0-2 Argentina
OCT 2006 FRIENDLY Spain 2-1 Argentina
NOV 2009 FRIENDLY Spain 2-1 Argentina
SEP 2010 FRIENDLY Argentina 4-1 Spain
MAR 2018 FRIENDLY Spain 6-1 Argentina

SPAIN
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Spain 2-0 France
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Spain 2-1 Belgium
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Portugal 0-1 Spain
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Spain 3-0 Austria
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Uruguay 0-1 Spain

ARGENTINA
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Argentina 2-1 England
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Argentina 3-1 Switzerland
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Argentina 3-2 Egypt
JUL 2026 WORLD CUP Argentina 3-2 Cape Verde
JUN 2026 WORLD CUP Argentina 3-1 Jordan

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It’s six wins each between these two down the years, so there’s nothing to split them there either.

Spain calm and controlled, barely breaking sweat. Argentina living dangerously and getting away with it every time, mostly because they’ve got the best player of his generation still doing it at 39.

As much as Argentina have consistently proved that, with Messi in the team, anything is possible, Spain have been the best team at this tournament and will believe that this is their time to put a second star above their badge.

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