{"id":5291,"date":"2026-07-19T18:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2026-07-19T18:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:02:44","slug":"its-spain-vs-argentina-in-the-world-cup-final-follow-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5291","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Spain vs. Argentina in the World Cup final. Follow live updates."},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>For the past six weeks, North America has played host to the world\u2019s greatest soccer players as they battle to make it to the World Cup final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5289\">Federal agents were told FBI will no longer investigate ICE confrontations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>And now, finally, the championship is here: Argentina vs. Spain. One of the greats, Lionel Messi, faces the face of the future, Yamine Lamal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Argentina is trying for its second straight World Cup title and fourth overall. Spain searches for its second title, having won once before in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The game kicks off at 3 p.m. at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. You can watch the game on Fox. Follow live updates below.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4>World Cup 2026 final: Spain-Argentina live updates<\/h4>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Click here to refresh | Read more World Cup stories<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>We are Boston, and we did stop worrying and just enjoyed the World Cup \u2014 1:45 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n<p><span>Picked-up pieces while waiting for\u00a0Argentina\u00a0vs.\u00a0Spain\u00a0on Sunday at 3 p.m. \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>\u201cSoccer is the sport of the future and always will be.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Artificial intelligence attributes the well-worn quote to the late Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano, or perhaps Keith Olbermann. Roger Bennett, founder and CEO of the Men in Blazers Media Network, prefers, \u201cSoccer is America\u2019s sport of the future \u2014 as it has been since 1972.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dripping with sarcasm, it\u2019s been my futbol fallback for decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>It may be a Lionel Messi World Cup, but there\u2019s more to the tournament than that \u2014 1:30 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Tara Sullivan, Globe Staff<\/p>\n<p><span>The crowd made it clear from the jump: They love Lionel Messi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before the Argentine soccer star could even settle into his seat for a public pep rally\/press conference at the Javits Center on Friday, his name rose up like a song, chanted over and over by adoring fans. He smiled and waved into their sea of happy faces, adding a few winks of his twinkling eyes. Once again, without a doubt, Messi proved himself the face of this World Cup tournament, one that comes to its stirring conclusion Sunday in New Jersey, when world No. 1\u00a0Argentina\u00a0faces world No. 2\u00a0Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the catalog of epic sports plotlines, Messi\u2019s return to the World Cup final authors one of the best. The aging champion, already the greatest player of all time, is back for one more shot at glory. On 39-year-old legs, with an unparalleled soccer brain and an unmatched r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of records, Messi has somehow managed to do it again, trying to win back-to-back World Cup titles before Father Time finally gets his edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5287\">Apple TV\u2019s \u2018Lucky\u2019 is a bloody good crime thriller thick with family affairs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Checking in from New York \/ New Jersey stadium \u2014 1:15 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Tara Sullivan, Globe Staff<\/p>\n<p><span>Greetings from MetLife &#8230; er &#8230; New York\/New Jersey Stadium for the World Cup Final! Happy to report I\u2019ve made it to my press box seat, though not after outlasting the lengthy, circuitous line to get past the first level of security, then another long, snaking line to get up to the press box. While I was early enough to avoid traffic on the roads, the human traffic on the grounds proved tough to navigate, worse than any Super Bowl or Olympics I\u2019ve been to. But here we go &#8211; ready to find out if Lionel Messi wins again, or perhaps hands the baton to Lamine Yamal as the next great superstar, to see if Spain\u2019s pinpoint and control can outmaneuver Argentina\u2019s physicality.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Twenty years ago, Lionel Messi was photographed with a baby \u2026 who grew up to face him in a World Cup final \u2014 1:00 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Amin Touri, Globe Staff<\/p>\n<p><span>In a world of AI images and online hoaxes, it\u2019s a little hard to believe the photos are real.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But there sits a 20-year-old Lionel Messi, not yet quite the global sensation he\u2019d become in the following years, bathing Lamine Yamal \u2014 all of 5 months old and so far from his own path to soccer stardom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The photos first went viral in 2024 when Yamal\u2019s father posted one on social media. They resurfaced this week, with Messi\u2019s Argentina and Yamal\u2019s Spain set to meet in Sunday\u2019s World Cup final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nineteen years after they were taken, with Yamal becoming one of the biggest stars in soccer and inheriting Messi\u2019s mantel as the cornerstone player for Spanish club Barcelona, people still can\u2019t quite believe what they\u2019re seeing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5285\">The 10 best movies of the year (so far)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The game kicks off at 3 p.m. on Fox. Argentina is trying for its second straight World Cup title and fourth overall. 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