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00:00:00How do you expect the game to play into that context?
00:00:03Well, slightly contrasting styles.
00:00:05We've got the team that aims to control a contest through possession in Spain
00:00:10against a side that often calls on that emotion,
00:00:13that passion to get the job done, of course, alongside some brilliance.
00:00:17So, I mean, can Spain call the shots today?
00:00:19If they do, how do Argentina respond?
00:00:22Contrasting characteristics here.
00:00:24So, which one will come out on top?
00:00:27Spain, there are their supporters loving it in the sunshine.
00:00:31Spain were about as close to perfect as can be against France on Tuesday.
00:00:35I wonder, is it possible simply to replicate that,
00:00:39to sort of cut and paste that performance?
00:00:41It's difficult because I mentioned in commentary it was a near perfect display
00:00:45and it's difficult to do it again, but this is the biggest stage in football.
00:00:49So, those players will be absolutely desperate to follow orders,
00:00:54to reach the standards, those extremely high standards that they reached against France.
00:01:00And how relevant is Argentina's past experience?
00:01:03They've played many of this team, played in the final four years ago.
00:01:07Is that relevant in this circumstance now?
00:01:10I think so.
00:01:11Yeah, as you say, most of them have been here before.
00:01:13Of course, there'll be nerves, but there's a belief there as well.
00:01:17There's that experience.
00:01:18And, of course, they've got Lionel Messi.
00:01:20So, the ingredients are there for them.
00:01:23They've cut it fine, haven't they, once or twice.
00:01:26Come from behind, use that emotion, and they're here yet again.
00:01:31So, they will be believing.
00:01:34Well, we're going to rejoin you when the players are ready to walk.
00:01:37In the meantime, we're going to leave you with the pre-match show.
00:01:41Stand by for Robbie Williams, Nicole Schertzinger, Tom Cruise,
00:01:44and the American National Anthem performed by Jennifer Hudson.
00:01:47See you next time.
00:02:33At this time, we ask that you please rise, if you are able,
00:02:37for the National Anthem of the United States of America,
00:02:41performed by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning artist,
00:02:45Jennifer Hudson.
00:02:48Jennifer Hudson.
00:02:55Oh, say can you see it
00:03:01By the dawn's early light
00:03:06What so proudly we hailed
00:03:13At the twilight's last gleaming
00:03:19Whose bright stripes and bright stars
00:03:25Through the twilight's last gleaming
00:03:31Through the twilight's last gleaming
00:03:31O'er the ramparts we watched
00:03:38What so gallantly streaming
00:03:43And the twilight's last gleaming
00:03:49Oh, say me
00:03:52And the twilight's last gleaming
00:04:12Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
00:04:27O'er the land of the free
00:04:33And the home of the brave
00:05:01And the home of the brave
00:05:10And the home of the brave
00:05:13And the home of the brave
00:05:30Dignity for the weak in the arms of the brave To the ones we lost and the souls they saved
00:05:45One thing unites us and the best is yet to come
00:05:52We know who we are and what must be done
00:06:00Despite the fury, the hope, the fate
00:06:07If the devil rides, we will make him wait
00:06:15Love is the law and it's raging like a fire
00:06:23You've got the ball and you're driven by desire
00:06:30Aim high, fly by, there's your knees in front of you
00:06:37You chase the sun and the world will run with you
00:06:45When the devil looks at us, we will have power
00:06:52When the devil looks at us, we will have power
00:07:00Our law is love
00:07:02And it burns like the fire that I see
00:07:07There's no color because we win with desire
00:07:15Aim high, fly by, there's your knees in front of you
00:07:22It's a beautiful game and the dream is coming true
00:07:30One love, one guy
00:07:34One guy, one guy, one guy
00:07:35He's life's in love with you
00:07:37You chase the sun and the world will run with you
00:07:44Feel the light
00:07:48Feel the light of seven million eyes
00:07:51We're just in fight
00:07:55And keep some time
00:07:59Feel the light of seven million eyes
00:08:06We're just in fight
00:08:11And keep some time
00:08:32And keep some time
00:08:36And 1978 FIFA World Cup Champion Mario Campos
00:08:41And Louis Vuitton Ambassadors Hoyen and Carlos Alcaraz
00:08:47Presenting the FIFA World Cup Trophy
00:08:50And it's Monogram Canvas Louis Vuitton Trophy Drunk
00:09:09Assets Learning the has, two games
00:09:09It won't be Saint Michael
00:09:10No muss
00:09:10No muss
00:09:10Plane
00:09:25Morning
00:09:35And now, please welcome acclaimed actor, producer, and global icon, Tom Cruise.
00:09:48More than 30 days ago, 48 nations began a journey.
00:09:56They crossed oceans.
00:09:59They crossed borders.
00:10:01They crossed cultures.
00:10:03And together, they showed us why this game belongs to the world.
00:10:11From three countries across them and from every corner of the globe, we have witnessed greatness.
00:10:19And we have shared in moments of joy, moments of hope, moments we will all never forget.
00:10:28Football is a language spoken without words.
00:10:33A force that unites people.
00:10:36That turns strangers into friends.
00:10:40And reminds us of what we all have in common.
00:10:45Today, only two teams remain.
00:10:51España.
00:10:55Y Argentina.
00:11:03But these stories, these stories belong to each and every one of us.
00:11:10To every nation.
00:11:11To every player.
00:11:13To every supporter.
00:11:15To every volunteer.
00:11:18To every dream carried on the pitch.
00:11:21So as we gather for one final chapter, let us celebrate a tournament that brought the world together.
00:11:30Let us celebrate each other.
00:11:32This is football.
00:11:35This is unity.
00:11:37And this, this is greatness.
00:11:51Greatness indeed.
00:11:52A tournament that has transcended sports and become a shared human experience.
00:11:57But of course, sport is at its heart.
00:12:00This is the world's sport.
00:12:01And this is its ultimate game.
00:12:05New York, New York.
00:12:06In any discussion.
00:12:07And so it is time.
00:12:09On the same day two years ago Spain will be crowned champions of Europe.
00:12:13Argentina lifted the Copa America, each
00:12:16the king of their continent.
00:12:18Now to lay claim to the global crown.
00:12:34Laminya Mal, once famously a babe in Lionel Messi's arms, today a glittering aspirant
00:12:42to his sporting brilliance.
00:12:44For Lionel Messi, a last word perhaps with the sporting gods, he is surely one of their
00:12:49number.
00:12:50Four years ago, he scaled his highest peak, and yet there was more to come, and now in
00:12:57his 40th year, he dares to scale it again, to burnish a legend yet further.
00:13:05Can it be?
00:13:1038 days since Mexico and South Africa launched this festival in the great, growling Azteca.
00:13:18Here comes the grand climax.
00:13:21These players should know that they may never come this way again.
00:13:27You do not want to waste the opportunity, you want to give your very best.
00:13:48The day on which they dreamt that their flags would be unfurled.
00:13:56The sense of occasion here is reach out and touch.
00:14:01And it's our time to meet the occasion with the match.
00:14:16And it's our time to meet the final match.
00:14:24And it's our time to win.
00:14:26And it's our time to win.
00:14:27And it's our time to win.
00:14:39The epitome of sporting balance and poise, deliberate, yet decorated with dash and flair.
00:14:46There appears no weakness.
00:14:50Argentina, the reigning champions, 1,309 days since they have roasted trophy at Lusail, Qatar.
00:15:00They have put their title on the line and can become today the first nation in 64 years successfully
00:15:07to defend the World Cup, ferociously passionate, unbreakably bonded, and whatever the circumstances
00:15:15seemingly never beaten.
00:15:18And if all else fails, theirs is the elixir that is Lionel Messi.
00:15:28The trophy, 18-carat gold, 14 and a half inches high, 13.6 pounds in weight.
00:15:35It is everything.
00:15:37It is everything.
00:16:07And it is a perfect day.
00:16:22Two of the most passionate footballing nations on earth to sing their efforts.
00:16:28At this time, we ask that you please rise, if you are able, for the national anthem of
00:16:32Spain, performed by Spanish brass.
00:16:37A favor of putting on foot to listen to the national anthem of Spain, interpreted by Spanish brass.
00:17:11A favor of putting on foot to listen to the national anthem of Spain,
00:17:48Please remain standing, if you are able, for the National Anthem of Argentina, performed by Maria Becerra.
00:18:44The National Anthem of Argentina
00:18:45The National Anthem of Argentina
00:18:53The National Anthem of Argentina
00:19:15Is it the team?
00:19:16It's the team.
00:19:18It's been 30 years since I don't want it.
00:19:19Okay.
00:19:20They say they have an incredible touch.
00:19:24They left the defense once so mad,
00:19:27that they came to the head.
00:19:29And this guy,
00:19:31always with the same...
00:19:32She's up next.
00:19:33She's up next.
00:19:34She's up next.
00:19:35They win or go home.
00:19:37And they've never gone here.
00:19:38These are the Invencible guys.
00:19:48They're only previous World Cup meetings 60 years ago.
00:19:52Argentina beats Spain at Villa Park, Birmingham, England.
00:19:55Their last meeting of any sort of friendly in Madrid,
00:19:59six years ago,
00:20:00which remarkably Spain won 6-1.
00:20:10History on this day
00:20:14is of little import.
00:20:16The final of the World Cup
00:20:19is and always has been
00:20:21only about the here and now.
00:20:26Two groups who only know winning.
00:20:29Spain, 38 competitive matches,
00:20:31nearly three and a half years since they lost.
00:20:34They're due a second start.
00:20:37Argentina, 14 straight wins.
00:20:52The referee from Maribor, Slovenia,
00:20:55is Slavko Vincic.
00:20:56He had charge of Spain
00:20:57in each of the last two European championships.
00:21:00And at the last World Cup,
00:21:02he oversaw Argentina's shock defeat by Saudi Arabia.
00:21:05But which is fair to say,
00:21:07they recovered rather well.
00:21:08But I can't hear what you say.
00:21:12The A.R. is from Germany.
00:21:14He is Bastion Danker.
00:21:16It's a fine referee in his own right.
00:21:18New York, New Jersey,
00:21:20and the admired universe.
00:21:22Welcome home,
00:21:24the man named Ben.
00:21:26Let's hear the same.
00:21:30Well, after a near flawless semifinal display in Dallas,
00:21:33it is little surprise that the Spanish team
00:21:35is unaltered today.
00:21:36Goalscoring fullback Pedro Porro
00:21:38was feeling the pace late on against France,
00:21:40but he is fine.
00:21:42The metronomic Fabian Ruiz
00:21:43wins his 50th cap alongside Captain Rodri.
00:21:46Laminya Mar, remember,
00:21:48has won all 12 senior tournament games
00:21:50in which he has started.
00:21:52Mikel Oyathabel has five goals in the competition,
00:21:55one more,
00:21:56and he sets a new Spanish record.
00:22:01With a day's less rest
00:22:03and often emotionally draining date with the English,
00:22:07Argentina nevertheless picked him a fully fit squad.
00:22:09Gonzalo Montiel here for winning penalty in Qatar
00:22:12is preferred at pullback to Nahuel Molina.
00:22:15And in midfield,
00:22:17Rodrigo De Paul,
00:22:17Messi's minder,
00:22:18and Nico Gonzalez for his first World Cup start
00:22:21come in for Simeone and Paredes.
00:22:24Messi himself becomes the first man to captain any nation
00:22:28in three World Cup finals.
00:22:30For some luck together!
00:22:35Alcantino!
00:22:39Ustela Puente, a calm, invested communicator
00:22:43who has flourished with the younger Spanish age groups
00:22:47and turned many of the boys he taught then
00:22:49into the men who flourish now.
00:22:51Lionel Scaloni,
00:22:52who can be the first coach since Italy's Vittorio Cozzo in 1938
00:22:57to win successive World Cups.
00:22:59And now the Buffer Brothers.
00:23:06And now, this is the moment you've all been waiting for!
00:23:16Argentina!
00:23:22It's time!
00:23:29Our countdown to kickoff is powered by Aram Cole!
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00:23:37Nine!
00:23:38Eight!
00:23:39Seven!
00:23:49The day a planet stops for a game.
00:23:53For every nation, for two nations.
00:23:57Nine o'clock at the end of a steaming hot Sunday in Madrid.
00:24:00Four o'clock on a dark winter's afternoon in Buenos Aires.
00:24:04Three o'clock on an idyllic day by the banks of the Hudson River.
00:24:08Where New Jersey meets New York.
00:24:10Match 104.
00:24:12The final of the 23rd World Cup.
00:24:15Spain for their second star.
00:24:17Argentina to defend their trophy with all their might.
00:24:23Alan Smith, what are you thinking?
00:24:25I'm just thinking in one way.
00:24:26It's like any other football match.
00:24:29Individually, you want to get off to a nice, solid start.
00:24:33And you get a chance to touch the ball.
00:24:35You want that to be true.
00:24:38And just work your way into this football match.
00:24:41Gain some confidence.
00:24:45Pedro Porro who sealed the semi-final for Spain against France.
00:24:50The cherry on the top of an immaculate performance in Dallas the other day.
00:24:56Yeah, in fact it is an unchanged line-up.
00:24:58Tells you everything you need to know about what De La Fuente thought of that performance.
00:25:04And both for Kukurea.
00:25:06Now Baina who has broken through as an international star at this competition.
00:25:14Smatched back by Nico Gonzalez who draws the first foul.
00:25:18And we hear the first whistle of Slavko Vincic.
00:25:22Yeah, Nico Gonzalez coming in from Fort Paredes.
00:25:25Interesting one that he did ever so well when he came on.
00:25:28Gonzalez against England.
00:25:40Is Andre Martinez here and Romero.
00:25:42In the formidable at the heart of the Argentine defence.
00:25:45Tagliafico from left back.
00:25:48Julian Alvarez.
00:25:54so fernando's what a wonder strike from him against uh england
00:26:00in atlanta at a point when it seemed the english might hang on
00:26:19martinez the outstanding goalkeeper of the last world cup
00:26:23the hero of a penalty shootout in qatar which will live forever in argentine memories
00:26:32are we to have another final like that that goes right to the wire
00:26:37be interesting whether argentina can keep compete with spain for possession of the football
00:26:43spanish have averaged about 64 percent in this world cup so far but
00:26:49argentina seeing a fair bit of the ball at the moment
00:27:02martinez taliafico
00:27:03over the reach of alexis mccallister
00:27:08we've got his crucial strike of course in the quarterfinal against switzerland
00:27:14argentina's approach to this final has been by comparison with spain's roller coaster
00:27:20really none of their knockout games has been a straightforward exercise far from it
00:27:27there's a collision on the halfway line biner has gone to ground
00:27:30under pressure from montreal
00:27:34yeah biner feeling that this is a yellow card
00:27:42took a chance there the fullback
00:27:47montreal starting his first game of this competition since the opening day
00:27:52the man of course who famously had the final kick of the last world cup final
00:27:58jenny olmo on lovely feet from him
00:28:04aimed in towards olmo and now jamal
00:28:08and heavy martinez left a foot behind to make a save
00:28:13well as soon as jamal gets the ball there's three shirts going towards him and that frees up a little
00:28:18bit of space just behind which jamal sprints into
00:28:23got a good fortune there for argentina
00:28:26oh rodrigo de paul has let it get away
00:28:29rodrig
00:28:31lamal
00:28:34very important block by lissandro martinez
00:28:41spain first to get their teeth into it but argentina can break
00:28:44and messi's on his way here
00:28:49and unai simon
00:28:51had judged his dash off his line to perfection
00:28:54well yeah i mean he was way out of goal he started way out of goal
00:28:59it's really something they've been talking about
00:29:01it's happened a few times in this tournament
00:29:03unai simon's starting position
00:29:06but he had to get the ball if he'd have caught
00:29:08messi he was off the pitch the keeper
00:29:10it's a red card
00:29:23aldrigo de paul
00:29:24paul to dance to set the half
00:29:27by enough and wide
00:29:31ruiz
00:29:32rotree
00:29:41who woke up this morning with the possibility of lifting
00:29:45the world cup trophy as only for spain andres iniesta has before him
00:29:58they don't tend to press high as a team argentina now wait till the ball comes into that midfield
00:30:05where they will be aggressive they get half a chance
00:30:15how could pass he had a breakthrough tournament for him as well one of two teenagers in this
00:30:21spanish team entry with an energetic burst montiel got some of it cook career took it back
00:30:30Danny Olmo
00:30:36Petro Porro return for Porro who couldn't keep his feet and who gets nothing from the referee
00:30:44the middle of luckily perhaps scored that wonderful goal after a 1-2 with Danny Olmo
00:30:52against France
00:30:55Callister just catching him
00:31:08I see
00:31:10so clever old man
00:31:14was past seen by De Paul
00:31:17Castor has time to turn but he's caught on in by Roger he's had a very hungry start to the
00:31:22game
00:31:39well this was the breakaway a loose touch there
00:31:45look how far out the keeper starts and he needed to as well
00:31:51he's half a yard from getting a touch here
00:31:53this is the normal moment
00:31:58Sandro Martinez certainly relieved
00:32:01this was Martinez
00:32:08Kuba see
00:32:09Rodri
00:32:11play by Fabian Ruiz who is such a
00:32:15correct such an immaculate footballer that moments like that are quite jarring
00:32:24he was part of a PSG team which lost the cup world cup final on this ground last summer
00:32:32here
00:32:32and
00:32:32here
00:32:52The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:33:01His first game of the tournament is the last game of the tournament.
00:33:49The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:33:58The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:34:05The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:34:18The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:34:26This was the first game really where they had to share it, more or less 50-50.
00:34:34The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:34:38The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:35:08The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:35:34The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:35:39The President of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:35:58With outswing had a stolen off his toe, but he has it back
00:36:12Lamar Bynak
00:36:22Lamar just the one goal personally over the course of the competition to this date, which is no sort of
00:36:27reflection on his
00:36:29Impact broadly to the Spanish team
00:36:32As mentioned here Kupasi here the two teenagers in the 11 until today
00:36:37Only three teenagers had played in the World Cup final ever before
00:36:43burgundy for italy in 1982 sandwiched by
00:36:47The great of yesteryear pelle back in 58 and the great of the current generation killian mbappe in 2018
00:36:56Yeah, I think it has developed into more of a young man's game. You see more teenagers throughout the domestic
00:37:03leagues
00:37:05Getting into those first teams making an impression carving a reputation certainly your miles done that
00:37:14The poor towards Ola Farba
00:37:19Tinas insisted on winning it Laporte is there again the career has a moment
00:37:32Ola Farba let it bounce away or she has it back
00:37:39Ola caught on it
00:37:41And then Olmo caught by McAllister
00:37:46It was a little bit of a wild one this from Alexis McAllister
00:37:54Came nearly some force from the distance
00:37:59I mean no stood to fairly low but
00:38:03It's not the best of challenges is it not the best at all
00:38:12He's keeping his car to himself for now jani olmo perhaps politely querying that decision
00:38:26It's a relatively calm man quite animated
00:38:34Feral amongst the many superstars from stage and screen
00:38:42Pharrell williams also amongst the uh, the vips today
00:38:50Oh
00:39:01Well, of course video in Alan and Lionel Messi has touched the ball once and that was kickoff
00:39:07It was a good one though
00:39:09Probably ominous signs for Spain that
00:39:14Italia Fico
00:39:17There we go
00:39:18There we go
00:39:18You can touch it again now
00:39:19When he does he gets tipped over
00:39:23And I should say that it's not a disrespectful observation that of Lionel Messi at all
00:39:28Because as Alan rightly indicates when he's hiding and uninvolved sometimes that's when he's at his most dangerous
00:39:36Isn't a great challenge from buying of that leading with the forearm
00:39:50It's really good to pull has the free kick
00:39:59Tinez is advanced romero is advanced also from uh center half
00:40:11To pull
00:40:12Flicks it in with uh
00:40:15Just an eye to too much on it for uh gonzalez to reel it in yeah, whether he would have
00:40:20been offside anyway the spain defenders thought so
00:40:35Foro something for yamal to pursue are some beautiful first touch
00:40:40That is gorgeous. He's worrying tanya fico in by the marlin
00:40:45Wrapped up by emi martinez. Yeah argentina have avoided this kind of 1v1. They've got support
00:40:53To talia fico, but he's on his own here the left back
00:40:56And it's never going to be easy
00:41:01Wary of alvarez
00:41:07Mounted out by simon
00:41:11Who has been outstanding of course
00:41:13Spain have yielded relatively few shots over the course of the tournament, but that is not to say
00:41:19That he hasn't had key moments made some really important saves
00:41:23And still beaten just once by charl de ketelara of belgium
00:41:37Opposed in trouble here and did very well to dig himself out of it
00:41:47Oh
00:41:47Jamal biting in
00:41:53Talia fico getting involved as well fourth official rushing onto the pitch making sure there's no
00:41:59Coming together here
00:42:01Oh
00:42:15Laports
00:42:22Ruiz
00:42:25Cooker out
00:42:30Cooker out
00:42:31Now ports
00:42:34Biner
00:42:39Squeeze off the field of play by christian romero
00:42:47It won't take much for this contest to ignite you feel there's a little edge to it already
00:42:58This is a potential tinderbox of a game which only need a spark
00:43:09Fernandez is feeling it
00:43:19There's nothing watching that at all
00:43:30Matt damon another amongst the cast of stars who had to have a front row ticket for the world cup
00:43:35final in new york new jersey
00:43:40What a sight that is of how much responsibility
00:43:44Leonel scolini must feel
00:43:47For that vast argentine choir
00:43:54Not of course that he hasn't already delivered in spades for the
00:44:02Holding off alvarez
00:44:08That's good by mccallister nick back by lamal
00:44:14It's changing with olmo
00:44:17Sandro martinez stepped in messi got a piece of it rodrigo to pull
00:44:21Yeah, I think argentina might feel they've got to be a bit more aggressive to to nick the ball off
00:44:26spain because
00:44:27They're having to do a lot of chasing
00:44:35As clearance bounced back into play towards uh oya tharball
00:44:41The frees saw a flag
00:44:52Wow
00:45:07Smash forward by fernandez
00:45:11Set back for messi who has a little bit of space and the ball for the first time
00:45:16Will look to be creative with it
00:45:19Couldn't gather it and in fact was offside
00:45:25I certainly want to get that unit up the pitch argentina and play
00:45:29More football like that in spain's half
00:45:34One more kept from it by lissandro martinez there's fernandez
00:45:38Here's the pool
00:46:00By rotary
00:46:01There was no foul against toya tharball
00:46:05Which became academic
00:46:23Oh
00:46:23Roger
00:46:23Ruiz
00:46:28Jake the career has made a run finders look to find him
00:46:35Correa has won a corner yeah, he was just on the edge of offside, but flag didn't go up well
00:46:41time run
00:46:44Does it so well that's just pedro palo on the other side they've been a real threat those two fullbacks
00:46:49for spain
00:46:51And again biner here will be the taker this time with right footed in swing
00:47:01Port amongst the candidates to meet it
00:47:07In by biner not a problem for emmy martinez
00:47:34And
00:47:35Well trying to snatch it back messy coming away with it
00:47:39Actually catching him up the referee bringing it all back
00:47:46There's classic messy middle of the park first touch taking it away from his man
00:47:52It's always going to be difficult getting goal side again unless you fell
00:47:58He'll certainly be hoping to see a little bit more of that football
00:48:14I
00:48:14Can't believe the power's out again. I know the match
00:48:17Hang on looks like the neighbors have it going. You should go ask if we can watch. I think you
00:48:23should go nuts
00:48:25Everyone loves you. That is not true. You could do it. I'll get the chips
00:48:29What was the name again John?
00:48:33Actually, it might be Don
00:48:37Hey
00:48:37Hey, you guys still have internet. Yeah games on if you want to watch
00:48:45Long after the final whistle one thing will remain every fan just watch the team change what's possible
00:49:15If I eat poulet rouge every day and change like one topping each time, how long would it take to
00:49:22taste everything?
00:49:23Centuries
00:49:30Canada isn't just pretty it's powerful and our government has a plan to unlock that power as
00:49:38As the world races towards clean energy
00:49:40Canada's government will use our natural advantage to build world-class energy projects that bring down costs
00:49:47Create thousands of new jobs and lower emissions
00:49:50We'll build a cleaner future in a way that only Canada can a
00:49:56A message from the government of Canada
00:49:58A message from the government of Canada
00:50:07Tell me you saw that no I was on my phone all the times to be on your phone. Can
00:50:12you blame me?
00:50:13How much I can say there
00:50:21Notaro Martinez who got the winner in the semi-final against England with that header
00:50:28Mick Jagger seems to have been everywhere
00:50:32Of course
00:50:33There's little doubt that
00:50:34He would love to have seen England here that wasn't to be
00:50:43Port Vale not playing today
00:50:47It's just a galaxy isn't it
00:50:50Robbie Williams fee uninitiated a supporter of a small club in the English potteries called Port Vale
00:50:58She loves as much as life itself
00:51:16Lissandro Martinez aimed at Alvarez
00:51:18Good leap from Cubasi
00:51:19One back by McAllister
00:51:21Who is penalized for handball
00:51:32Not much doubt about that
00:51:34Not much doubt about that
00:51:36Alexis McAllister
00:51:37Oh, that's the back pass from Cubasi
00:51:39Oh, you know, I see one was in orderly calm
00:51:43Triple rare makes the throw in his
00:51:45Those two Spain center halves can be awkward at times because
00:51:50Messi drops off
00:51:53Martinez will drift over to the left and sometimes they won't have anybody to mark and
00:51:59Calls on your concentration in those circumstances
00:52:03There was a bit of a lack of
00:52:05Concentration perhaps there from the teenager
00:52:09Porro
00:52:10Lamal
00:52:13That's what they came to see a little bit of trickery from him
00:52:19And he's outwitted Tellyofiko here
00:52:26Telefuente making the point that he thought Argentina had got away with too many challenges like that
00:52:31By the way
00:52:33Let's see
00:52:46Rotary
00:52:48Lobasi
00:52:48Lobasi
00:52:49Lobasi
00:52:51Lobasi
00:52:53Lobasi
00:53:03Luis Porro
00:53:08Biner kept chasing it down
00:53:13De Paul or Cucurera is stolen
00:53:16And then had it stolen back by Enzo Fernandes
00:53:19He went long and direct
00:53:29Big knockout goals
00:53:31From here against Egypt and England
00:53:33On behalf of Scaloni
00:53:38For whom right now
00:53:39Argentina
00:53:41On a sequence of 14 straight wins
00:53:44Whoa what is that
00:53:45From Pedro Poirot
00:53:49Cucurera tied it up
00:53:50And Cucurera can march forward
00:53:58Biner
00:54:00Rodri Ruiz
00:54:06Lamal
00:54:08Gonzalez helping out his full back
00:54:10Lamal rolling it in towards Olmo
00:54:12Nice thought
00:54:25Lamal
00:54:26Beaten in all of the 27 games
00:54:29He has started for Spain
00:54:31He has won every tournament game
00:54:33He has started for Spain
00:54:40And Gonzalez
00:54:42Away from Harvarez again by Koubasi
00:54:44Quite often Gonzalez is getting up the pitch
00:54:47They're using him as a target
00:54:58Horro
00:55:12Ramirez in a tight spot here
00:55:13De Paul has helped him out of it
00:55:14To some extent
00:55:18He found Cucurera
00:55:20Now Rodri
00:55:24Ruiz
00:55:29Buena
00:55:31Romero was where he needed to be
00:55:34Yeah having beaten his man
00:55:35Disappointing cross that from Buena
00:55:53Porro with a ball
00:55:57Take by Talia Fico
00:55:58Quickly forward by Martinez
00:56:01Alvarez
00:56:05Fernandez
00:56:06McAllister
00:56:09Romero
00:56:09Lisandre Martinez again
00:56:13Fico
00:56:18McAllister was rolled over
00:56:26That'll be a shirt tug from Rodri
00:56:38And so amid
00:56:39An ear-splitting din
00:56:45Argentina have
00:56:46Another offensive set piece
00:56:48For which
00:56:49Romero has strutted forward
00:56:56De Paul and Messi
00:56:58Either side of the dead ball
00:57:09Messi
00:57:10Drag and run away from him
00:57:12By Ruiz
00:57:12They'll have enjoyed that
00:57:15Porro
00:57:16Retreating Alvarez
00:57:42Porro
00:57:48Rotary
00:58:07Ports
00:58:10Correa
00:58:14switched away by Romero and as perhaps a few had anticipated the flag is up
00:58:18anyway the expense of Marco Correa even so they sit off Argentina they don't go
00:58:23out the way to get quickly to the ball
00:58:28it was very close indeed he looked on but the technology may be told us
00:58:35otherwise but yet it's a dangerous game the play in Argentina
00:58:44we have to make the ball
00:58:45go
00:58:45go
00:58:45go
00:58:46go
00:58:46Go, go, go, go!
00:59:16Go, go, go!
00:59:30Go, go, go, go!
00:59:51Go, go, go!
01:00:23Depend on this defensive shape and backing each other up
01:00:27Argentina
01:00:28Good tackle
01:00:39Kabasi
01:00:41Porro
01:00:43Lamal
01:00:53Rodri
01:00:54Taken on the turn by Beiner
01:00:56Laid back by Oya Tharbell
01:00:59Sifted on by Olmo
01:01:00Delivered by Kukurea
01:01:02Twitched away by Romero
01:01:05Kukurea again
01:01:07It's Dani Olmo
01:01:09Out by Martinez
01:01:12Spain's cream handball
01:01:13Porro in particular
01:01:16Out by Martinez
01:01:18Alvarez is the chaser
01:01:20Once again
01:01:21Rodri getting back
01:01:22He was involved in the attack
01:01:23But
01:01:24Made up a lot of ground
01:01:25To get back
01:01:27Appeals for handball here
01:01:30Nah
01:01:31The arms tucked in
01:01:32From Alvarez
01:01:40That ball
01:01:41Kukurea
01:01:42Spain
01:01:43Try to turn it up
01:01:44A gear
01:01:44Approaching half time
01:01:47Alex Beiner
01:01:51Thread it through
01:01:53Final pass for Spain
01:01:55At the moment
01:01:55Got into
01:01:55Good positions
01:01:57But haven't been able to
01:01:59Pick out that killer ball
01:02:00So far
01:02:01Horro
01:02:03Horro
01:02:04Kubasi
01:02:15Rodri
01:02:16That ball
01:02:16Rodri
01:02:18Osset
01:02:19Nickton
01:02:20To
01:02:20Oyathaba
01:02:26His strike was close enough
01:02:27To be convenient
01:02:28For Martinez
01:02:29He's been on the edge
01:02:30Of things
01:02:30Zoya
01:02:31Tharba
01:02:33A chance there
01:02:34To let fly
01:02:36He's never going to pass it up
01:02:38He's trying to turn the screw
01:02:39Last few minutes
01:02:40Spain
01:02:40Stepping it up
01:02:41Trying to move the ball
01:02:42Quick up
01:02:44Watched on by
01:02:44Gonzales
01:02:45Hoofed away
01:02:46By Kubasi
01:02:54Five goals in the tournament
01:02:55To this point
01:02:56No Spaniard has ever scored
01:02:57More than five
01:02:58In a World Cup Finals
01:03:00But Tricueno
01:03:01And Villa
01:03:02In their respective times
01:03:04Have matched that total
01:03:06Aimed up at Baina
01:03:10Really well read by
01:03:11Moncear
01:03:21Fernandez
01:03:22To Paul
01:03:24Messi has been hiding out wide
01:03:36Romero
01:03:38McAllister
01:03:42To Paul
01:03:43Messi
01:03:45Alvarez
01:03:48To Paul
01:03:52In goes Martinez
01:03:53Out comes Oyathaba
01:03:54Martinez
01:03:55Left to the foot
01:03:57And the card is out
01:03:58For the first time
01:04:02Oyathaba
01:04:03Did a
01:04:03Brilliant job of
01:04:05Keeping hold of that ball
01:04:07Under pressure
01:04:11Really did
01:04:15Good strong play after
01:04:17Really nice first touch
01:04:23Martinez booked in both
01:04:24The semi-final and the final
01:04:26Not that that in itself
01:04:27Is of any particular relevance
01:04:31Except that now
01:04:32He needs to be wary
01:04:33For what remains
01:04:34Except that now
01:05:12Laporte
01:05:15Laporte
01:05:17Laporte
01:05:17Laporte
01:05:23that's a decent ball
01:05:26that's nice too
01:05:28Poirot has lifted it in
01:05:31yeah another example of that final pass
01:05:33not being quite on the money
01:05:35some nice football played
01:05:37in the lead up to it
01:05:40he's getting forward
01:05:41an awful lot in this tournament
01:05:42Pedro Poirot
01:05:44really enjoying himself
01:05:58Martinez
01:05:59McAllister has given it to Lamal
01:06:01and you don't want to do that
01:06:04Ruiz
01:06:05Lamal
01:06:06Rodri
01:06:09Kukorea
01:06:10Kubasi
01:06:19Ruiz
01:06:23Kukorea
01:06:25dragged it right across the face
01:06:28I was asking a lot
01:06:31sometimes though you
01:06:33drag it so much
01:06:34incoming forward can get the foot on it
01:06:37but
01:06:38he's been
01:06:40very busy in this first half
01:06:43Kukorea
01:06:43a lot has come down his side
01:06:45been a threat
01:06:46he was a winner on this ground
01:06:49this time last year
01:06:50in the Club World Cup final
01:06:52with Chelsea
01:06:55and
01:06:56in the aftermath
01:06:57of his strike
01:06:58there is evidently a problem here
01:07:00for Argentina
01:07:00at centre half
01:07:01Nessandro Martinez
01:07:02is indicating he has to come off here
01:07:06and that
01:07:07for a player
01:07:09who has played
01:07:10from the start
01:07:10in every game
01:07:11bar
01:07:12the dead rubber
01:07:13third game
01:07:14of the group stage
01:07:15that is a
01:07:18really unfortunate
01:07:19turn of events
01:07:20for Leonor Scaloni
01:07:23and the veteran
01:07:24Nicholas Ottomendi
01:07:26is going to replace him
01:07:39certainly not ideal
01:07:40for Scaloni
01:07:42we saw France
01:07:42suffer didn't we
01:07:43with William Saliba
01:07:44going off
01:07:47he's got a good understanding
01:07:49with Romero
01:07:50Martinez
01:07:52Otomendi
01:07:53got loads of experience
01:07:56that's a terribly sad moment
01:07:57for him personally
01:07:58Nicholas Ottomendi
01:07:59was one of those
01:08:00who played
01:08:02every minute
01:08:03of the last World Cup
01:08:04for Argentina
01:08:05he certainly knows
01:08:06his way around a game
01:08:07like this
01:08:0738 years old now
01:08:15he's straight into it
01:08:18Kovasi away
01:08:19Maria Thalbault
01:08:22Lamal had no way through
01:08:24Gonzalez
01:08:24pushed and ran
01:08:31it's Wimben Yana
01:08:34of the San Antonio
01:08:35the San Antonio Spurs
01:08:37who have beaten
01:08:37the course
01:08:38way back at the start
01:08:38of the World Cup
01:08:39by the New York Knicks
01:08:40for the NBA title
01:08:54and we head into
01:08:56four added minutes
01:08:57and Alvarez
01:08:58is on his way
01:08:59here and again
01:08:59Lunai Simon
01:09:00has read it
01:09:01immaculately
01:09:01it's a great effort
01:09:03for Martinez
01:09:04in the Argentina goal
01:09:05to pick out his man
01:09:08Alvarez though
01:09:09needed to
01:09:10take a touch
01:09:11on the volley
01:09:12really to slow
01:09:12that ball down
01:09:20nice feet
01:09:20from Gonzalez
01:09:22face to face
01:09:23with Olmo
01:09:24tackled on his way
01:09:25back by Porro
01:09:29maybe slightly
01:09:29different role
01:09:30for Gonzalez
01:09:30to the one
01:09:31we were expecting
01:09:33he's pushing
01:09:34high on that
01:09:34left hand side
01:09:40the career
01:09:40looking to
01:09:41connect
01:09:42to connect
01:09:42as he has
01:09:42so often
01:09:42over the course
01:09:43of the competition
01:09:44with Biner
01:09:56Mina
01:09:58La Porte
01:09:59was
01:10:02dicing with trouble
01:10:06there is Paul
01:10:07Sandro Martinez
01:10:08whose World Cup
01:10:09final has come
01:10:09to a premature end
01:10:13becomes a problem
01:10:14for Manchester United
01:10:15in the weeks
01:10:16upcoming
01:10:26Otamendi
01:10:27becomes the second oldest
01:10:28outfield player
01:10:29in a World Cup final
01:10:30behind only
01:10:31his captain
01:10:33today
01:10:47Olmo
01:10:48Porro
01:10:57Rotary
01:11:00Ruiz
01:11:02Correa
01:11:07Minor
01:11:08Boya Thalba
01:11:12It's Messi's tackle
01:11:15Trying to get involved
01:11:16Get a touch of the ball
01:11:17Messi
01:11:18Been an easy half to him
01:11:26Tip of count from Oya Thalba
01:11:27There
01:11:32Apart from everything else
01:11:33He must have the blackest and bluest
01:11:35Shins in world football
01:11:37Lionel Messi
01:11:52It's been a bit disjointed
01:11:53Hasn't it
01:11:53From Argentina
01:11:54When they've had a bit of time on the ball
01:11:58He's been able to find any attacking rhythm at all
01:12:09Correa
01:12:11Lamal
01:12:20Correa
01:12:23Correa
01:12:35Porro.
01:12:53Halftime.
01:12:53And it is blank in the blistering sunshine of New Jersey.
01:12:582026 World Cup final.
01:13:01Still to have its take-off moment.
01:13:03Messi largely deprived of the ball.
01:13:06Jamal has glittered on occasion.
01:13:09Neither goalkeeper.
01:13:12Overly exercised by what we have seen so far.
01:13:15Very tactical.
01:13:16Very mutually wary as well it might be.
01:13:19Between two coaches.
01:13:22Mutually respectful of each other's sides.
01:13:25And we reach the break.
01:13:27And it remains.
01:13:28Spain nil.
01:13:30Argentina nil.
01:13:40You will be outdone.
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