*** WORLD CUP FINAL 2026 - Spain vs Argentina - kick-off 8pm - New Jersey, USA ***

shameful from Argentina.. the world was watching you.

Odds on YMCA playing as the Spanish lads go up 

YOUNG MAN !!

It's in the dna of the South America teams to play physical football. Paraguay are another physical team, but Argentina are the worst of them all.

I loved Maradona, but I do not love Messi, I'm afraid. Maradona was the GOAT. Messi is a c**t.

South America will struggle now to win, Messi gone, Brazil in turmoil.

Flawed cheating dwarf….

Blimey des, bit harsh!!??

Spot on winja

never liked him, tbh.

Has Messi congragulated a single of the Spanish players or consoled a team mate. They ran them selves into the ground for him and nothing.

Did you see the Arg head coach and abiot 4 other arg coaches surrounding the 1 Spanish player (obv provoking him to react) while 2 feet away their own player was going mental and they do nothing.!
Surely now messi retires from int football fiffas love affair with this filthy lot ends? They go back to being a 1/4-1/2 team.

At least the highlights reel will be short.

Des is spot on. Messi snitching on Cucurella. WAC

Congratulated Yamal, I think he said, "Haven't you grown"

Des, I gathered that

Didn't realise Messi was so hated.....the short @rsed t0sser

Did Karen just say Yamal was phenomenal and kept everyone quiet ?

So that's Messi and Ronaldo both despised, have to say, I don't think Messi is

Trump will call out Spains Nato funding when presenting the trophy

Be a long time till they Find another Messi ,   an era over ,thanks be to fxxxxxxxx

My comment was aimed at maradona…..the nearest he got to goat was when he ate it….large portions the fat f00ker…

That was perfect...couldn't have written the script any better...Argies shown up for what they are, cheating corned beef eating surrender monkey filth...right down to the last detail, Messi's pathetic attempt at getting Cucurella sent off...please just cap it off by refusing to take the trophy off Trump/Imnfantini

lets Hope Trump doesnt get hold of Carneys Hand for a Shake thankfully macron not up There

Crowd booing Trump, being drowned out by tannoy noise

Trump gonna do a song,i hope
Simply the best?

Getting a great reception??!!!

Boos for Trump !

BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A drone strike would cap off a fantastic night

Maradona may have cheated, but he did it with a smile. Messi has no sense of humour at all. Miserable spoilt little ba***ard

Trump thinking that it's the first time he's been walking alongside someone and the crowd were booing the other guy

Infantile...a suit and white trainers....what?

How could Yamal be young player of the tournament. Done nothing really.

Infantino not infantile,  although...

Joe Biden would have forgotten this math 3 times by now

match

England finished top of goals scored table…….

Hoping there is some kind of hand-shake gate with Trump from one of the players just for a laugh

emma hayes, i saw maradona, and messi was better,   emma you didnt see maradona in 86 im certain

Who's won the Golden Ball ?

Trump not got a clue about the awards, or who won, or the sport

Simon breezed past Trump, made no eye-contact and Trump gave him a long death stare

The Spainish players deffo not fawning with trump

Spain goalie had nothing to do all tournament

Rodri gave him a pat on the shoulder = Conservative

Cubarsi basically blanked him. What a hero. The lad supposedly only speaks Catalan and cant fully speak Spanish.

Messi had no time for Trump

Messi Golden Ball at short prices scuppered

lol...cry you shithouse midget

Someone from Defence/Midfield from Spain had to win Golden Ball. Would be farce otherwise.

Catalans always been commies, don't like the right

1.06            £1,049.77
1.07            £2,116.55
1.08            £11,749.62
1.09            £19,821.77
1.1            £56,720.93
1.11            £50,658.04
1.12            £23,437.26
1.13            £17,772.32
1.14            £25,887.36
1.15            £9,773.78
1.16            £9,247.76
1.17            £6,641.17
1.18            £1,611.33

Thanks to Messi Golden Ball backers

Jul 19, 2026 -- 11:36PM, Racingqueen wrote:

Someone from Defence/Midfield from Spain had to win Golden Ball. Would be farce otherwise.

Agreed.

Hope you layed some of Messi for it:

1.06            £1,049.77
1.07            £2,116.55
1.08            £11,749.62
1.09            £19,821.77
1.1            £56,720.93
1.11            £50,658.04
1.12            £23,437.26
1.13            £17,772.32
1.14            £25,887.36

Couldn't believe the prices people were taking on him

Why are all the Spanish players cuddling infantino…..

In 2006 Zidane was trading heavy odds on on here for Golden Ball. For some reason Betfair ran in running betting during the final and he went to 40s after the headbutt.

Turned out the voting for the Golden ball had occured prior to the final.

Let's see if Donald hangs around on stage

He wont leave

right team won, but France v England would've made a better Final.

No time for people who blank leaders and Presidents, if they really meant it they would walk and past the President and not take the medal.

He's worse than a lingering fart ffs

Trump not wanting to leave the stage

Gianni trying to wave him off

Jul 19, 2026 -- 11:44PM, Racingqueen wrote:

He's worse than a lingering fart ffs

Infantino was trying to get him off

Well dne Spain, but you wouldn't get the ball off Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and co

Lets get 1 thing straight. Unai Simon is on a different level to Raya

Off to walk the dogs, been fun over the last 5 weeks, see you in 4 years , hopefully N Ireland or Ireland qualify, ideally N Ireland 1st, take care all.

YMCA a Shocking omission, Spanish lads seemed happy enuff with Don

Great WC ,  Where's the next one ?

ill be back for the euros Alien G luck mate , we have had a Laugh over the weeks

Next final will be in the Bernabau, Spanish authorities are not going to allow it in Catalyuna

Too many teams have been pretty ordinary at best. No team has really stood out consistently. And the officiating has been the worst I've ever seen. It's great having so many games to bet on, but the Tournament hasn't been an unqualified success. Still, I've made a healthy profit, and that's all that matters.

Spain…..Portugal and Morocco….

Jul 19, 2026 -- 11:47PM, Racingqueen wrote:

Lets get 1 thing straight. Unai Simon is on a different level to Raya

Can't think of a save he made

Next WC, Joint France  Spain  Morocco

Not France reg….Portugal….

Winja is correct...replace France with Portugal

Yes, sorry Winja

I was too busy counting my winnings

Uruguay/Argentina/Paraguay too!

Slippy backed Spain as well….Stockholm will be rocking…..or at least one palace fan having a drink….

People who hate football waiting on hour for the news and then the news is the football

Winja, at Swedish beer prices, probably nursing a half pint

516 different player have now played in a World Cup final.

Tobermory, just said that to the missus
If you were interested in football, I think you might have watched the previous TV programme,  ie the WC Final

There's 24 hour rolling news channels, who's waiting for a specific 1 hour slot in terrestrial tv ?

Conceeding just 10 shots on target against them all tournament is just incredible

Don't know how Mbappe can score 10 goals, Messi 8, Bellingham 7, yet Rodri walks off with the Golden ball after bare minimal effort making a few cutting passes in a wholly possession based team, they've just made the lazy decision and given it to a player from the winning team.

Rodri got the right sponsors.

Interesting to see team of the tournament

True mes. But the crazy part is the crazy money at sub 1.1. I won big and hope you did too

faire playe to Donald   he celebratedde withe winningge teame, lingeredde forre a bbitte on side of stage - thenne fecjkedde offe afterre acceptable time elapse   bout what ya'd expectte really....  acquittedde hisselffe welle, methoughtte :)

I reckon half time was 26 mins -ridiculous. However I fear that in the next few years, big games will become 4 quarters with a half hour half time with "entertainment".
As for the BBC self promo ...
Off to restock on sickbags .

Think everyone in general is happy Spain won (unless your Argentinian) which is rare for football.

if they only had 10 shots on target against them,HTF can simeon win the golden gloves could be the worst GK in the tourney how would anyone no ?,any GK at world cup which would nearly 150 could have played in goal for spain and done ok,probably won golden gloves, would have been JUST to give to cape verdi as even the current world champions couldnt score past him or even the DR CONGO GK

pundirs,comms,fans moan 24/7 about decisions/VAR etc ,but what should have happened before a yellow doesnt count as far as a 2nd yellow is concernted but for pundits,cooms,social media to go in to meltdown for a red for the argy perdies for a little trip on a spanih player running across the pen area is ridiculous,never a 2nd yellow in a million yrs and next few fouls after a yellow dont = 2nd yellow,

I enjoyed this World Cup. I liked the 48 teams format. But, I'd deliberately not watched the ceremony at the end. I cannot stand President Trump. His customary smirking and arrogance depict someone of self-interest and self-importance only.

However, I'm glad to know some of the players from both teams blanked him. It takes a lot of courage and hatred to blank the leader of the most powerful democratic nation in the world. But, President Trump deserves it. His disdain was for all to see in this World Cup.

I hope Mr Infantino will be history too. He's not good for International Football.

As for the BBC self promo ...
Off to restock on sickbags .

Yes, ironic the presenters etc were taking the mickey out of the half-time stuff, but then put that ridiculously self-important and self-promoting 'show' on for themselves!

A couple of the Tina players would be better suited in their Rugby Team

just seen the footage of the Punch up , sorry attack by Tina players at the end , disgraceful does not cover it

They need to be banned from football , Fifa need to take action .

With the departure of Messi they may well also see the departure of the protection that Fifa provided them.

France have Mbappe, Argentina (Messi), Portugal (Ronaldo) and Norway (Haarland). Spain is lacking a prolific centre forward and scorer. Their defence is as solid and secure as Fort Knox. If Kane and Bellingham were Spanish Spain will be the most complete footballing nation.

The protection & **** stuff is just non-factual and BORING. The Argies, like ALL SouthAmerican sides, play on the edge, push the boundaries of etiquette etc but they EARNED their way to a 2nd successive WC final, which is an outstanding achievement. And let's be clear, the English are only HATING so much on the Argies since they taught them a lesson. Plenty of jealousy and hatred normally around for the slick Spaniards as well, but with the BITTER taste of Argie defeat, the rotten rock became a fluffy pillow to the hard place.

does jude need banning for punching the argie player at the end of the game ?