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00:00Inside side have good experience in European football
00:03with Roma and Paris Saint-Germain, briefly Juventus as well.
00:09But this is one of Scaloni's dependables.
00:13Another leftover from 2022.
00:20And he replaces Nico Gonzalez.
00:25Yeah, Paredes will adopt a slightly different position, I think, to Gonzalez,
00:30who pushed up more on the left.
00:31So I think slight tactical change by De La Fuente.
00:45So nothing to show on a blissfully beautiful day in New Jersey.
00:50Indeed, the United States of America has still to see a goal in a World Cup final.
00:55It was 0-0 in 1994 at the Rose Bowl Pasadena.
00:59Went all the way to a penalty shootout.
01:02And, of course, this could end the same way.
01:06Otamendi has got into trouble very quickly.
01:09Oya Tharbal has played it through and Romero covered for his pal.
01:12We are through and ready to make this.
01:21Oh, that's close to being a giveaway.
01:24And, indeed, it has come here to Alex Biner.
01:27Biner made a yard and then shot too close to Martinez.
01:32Jamal asking for it over on the right-hand side of the box.
01:34But, yeah, really poor.
01:39Not sure who he was aiming for there.
01:42Two Spain players in the vicinity.
01:44Not quite the power this time from Baena.
01:48Martinez goes long again towards Alvarez.
01:52Beneath it was Koubasi.
01:57Simons' clearance was reeled back in by Rodrigo De Paul.
02:01That was Montreal.
02:02There's McAllister.
02:04Here's De Paul again.
02:08Montreal.
02:11Messi.
02:18There's Paredes for the first time, Alan.
02:20As you indicated, between the two centre-halves.
02:24Conservative midfield player.
02:27Yeah, he's a three-kick specialist as well.
02:30I'll be hoping to win some in that final third.
02:33And I'm sure Lionel Messi had something to say in the half-time dressing room.
02:37He'll be desperate to get on the ball more.
02:40Paredes.
02:40Montiel on the front foot.
02:42La Porta's going to have to be quick here.
02:44He was just about quick enough.
02:47At the expense of the corner.
02:51In his thirties now, La Porte.
02:53But got those legs moving.
02:56Timed it well.
03:08Messi to take the corner.
03:10McAllister right on the goalkeeper's toes.
03:12Alvarez inside the six-yard box as well.
03:16Romero and Otamendi both involved.
03:22Messi to the near post.
03:24Well, it didn't get a flick, but it was repelled behind for a goal kick.
03:40Scaloni actually played the bulk of his playing career in Spain.
03:44He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
03:49Played also for Racing Santander.
03:52Had time in Italy and England as well.
03:57He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:01He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:06He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:10He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:11He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:12He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:13He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:14He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:17He was a Spanish champion with Deportivo La Coruña in the year 2000.
04:30Romero
04:3312 charge down
04:37very early in the second half
04:40Argentina are going to make
04:42yet another change here
04:43I think we're going to see
04:44Lautaro Martinez
04:49that is still to be
04:51confirmed
04:52Paredes
05:09Pulse
05:10Pulse
05:12Nibbled out
05:13by Bainer
05:31this substitute coming to the
05:33touchline for Argentina is
05:35actually
05:35Facundo Medina
05:39centre back or left back
05:41in time here is
05:43Alvarez
05:47inside of him
05:48Taliafico
05:52Paredes
05:56Romero
06:00Montiel was caught
06:01after the ball had gone
06:02Bainer again the offender
06:14quite put the brakes on Bainer there
06:16Romero
06:27Romero
06:27snatched back by Ruiz
06:29smoothly taken by Lomar
06:31who wiggles the hip
06:32I think Medina has sat down
06:39again
06:46Barcy and Rodri has gone down in the centre circle off the ball
06:50it's a little bit of a bitty start to the second half
06:55there's a bit of tension building between the two teams
07:04and the referee has dipped into his pocket
07:22well there's a nudge in the back and it goes down quite softly here
07:28Paredes
07:29getting very tight
07:30and a long way from the ball
07:41his name that has been taken
07:43he's making his mark
07:45early on in the second half
07:46he's coming on Paredes
07:56Laporte
07:57Cucurea
07:59Ruiz
08:01Rotri
08:12Rotri going direct
08:14Otamendi
08:16Wiley
08:16inexperienced
08:18he's there to judge it
08:24what a great clearance from Martinez
08:27Olmo though couldn't find a route around Romero
08:30haven't been able to get Olmo involved as much as they have previously in this tournament
08:35Spain
08:36he's been a key player for them
08:38finding space
08:39being able to turn towards goal
08:41looking for
08:42who are the ball
08:44any other team mate
08:47dealt with him well
08:48Argentina
09:08it was his shove in the back that on Rodri that gave the foul away but that's what earned the
09:14yellow card
09:18double offence from the half time sub
09:29and Charles Cornover
09:31it is very very stop start
09:37to Paul
09:39Alvarez
09:40in step
09:41Lamal all the way back by Porro
09:42you do sense that a stop start game will suit Argentina more than it will Spain
09:46if they can deny Spain that attacking rhythm
09:54they'll see that as a big plus
09:58we'll see this poised teenager
10:01Porro that's a really excellent ball
10:03Ruiz
10:04Olmo
10:05Oya Thalbao
10:08Oya Thalbao
10:09didn't get it back from Fabian Ruiz
10:14first real glimpse of Spain at their smoothest
10:17yeah and Argentina stretched a little bit
10:21Otamendi with the final clearance
10:23did ever so well
10:25Rotary here comes Porro from full back
10:29Lamal
10:33hit the turf and it's carried away by Enzo Fernandes
10:38Rodrigo to Paul
10:39Kukurea tackled
10:42Messi's had to help out
10:51Alvarez in a collision on the halfway line
10:54with Aymeric Laporte
10:58he hasn't had much to go
11:00with Oya Thalbao
11:01but a chance here for the centre forward
11:05half a chance perhaps
11:10Otamendi does ever so well
11:14instead of trying to shoot he's trying to play in his teammate Fabian Ruiz
11:19for the off the panel
11:26through by Kupasi
11:28this is Dani Olmo
11:31Kukurea was approaching it
11:32and it was nicked off his toe at the last by Montiel
11:42yeah
11:42Dani Olmo now
11:44finally a little bit of space that he hasn't been able to
11:50Montiel was well pleased with this
12:02last gasp
12:03everything he had from Montiel
12:05and that is Argentina
12:06in a nutshell
12:09they leave nothing behind
12:25Biner working at short with Lamal
12:29Porota hoisted in
12:31beyond Aymeric Laporte
12:44and here comes
12:46eventually an Argentine change
12:48not the original one that was indicated
12:55Gonzalo Montiel's last touch of the game
12:57was a very important touch
12:58he has been interchangeable
13:01to a large degree at right full-back
13:03with Noel Molina
13:04and the Atletico Madrid player
13:06will replace him now
13:31well that's substitution
13:32you wouldn't feel change
13:34Argentina's approach
13:36or effectiveness going forward
13:37you wouldn't feel change
13:37you wouldn't feel change
13:42you wouldn't feel change
13:45you wouldn't feel change
13:46you wouldn't feel change
13:51you wouldn't feel change
13:55you wouldn't feel change
13:56you wouldn't feel change
13:56you wouldn't feel change
13:57you wouldn't feel change
13:57you wouldn't feel change
13:59you wouldn't feel change
13:59you wouldn't feel change
13:59you wouldn't feel change
14:01you wouldn't feel change
14:01you wouldn't feel change
14:01you wouldn't feel change
14:01you wouldn't feel change
14:02you wouldn't feel change
14:02you wouldn't feel change
14:02you wouldn't feel change
14:02you wouldn't feel change
14:03you wouldn't feel change
14:11Lottie
14:23Olmo
14:28Lamal
14:32Ruiz
14:36Rodri
14:39Danny Olmo
14:43Petro Poro felt contacts and what a free kick decent position more than decent
14:52A man
15:05No doubt about that
15:11There is more than one accomplished Spanish
15:15Dead ball expert
15:16Who would put their hand up here
15:18Lamine Lamal you would expect to be
15:20At the front of the queue
15:22Mikel Oyathabel is alongside him
15:27Alex Beiner is a part of the committee
15:36Oops
15:39Snowy
15:40The refs had a moment with his spray
15:57One of those three
15:58Beiner, Lamal, Oyathabel
16:19By not over it
16:21Lamine Lamal into the wall
16:23It's come to Beiner
16:27And his cross was well intercepted
16:32And it comes to Nort
16:33Yeah
16:33Bit of a dance could be in the end that one
16:36Argentina fans trying to get behind the team
16:38They haven't had much to shout about
16:44So double change
16:46There won't be a sixth world cup goal at this competition for
16:50Mikel Oyathabel
16:53And he is joined
16:55On the long trot off by Fabian Ruiz
17:00He was replaced
17:01Not for the first time by Petri
17:03Petri began the first five games of the competition
17:06And is ending the last three
17:09Ferran Torres
17:10Also into the action
17:12A man who scored goals at Euro 2020
17:15Got a couple at the last world cup
17:16Scored at Euro 2024 as well
17:20How he would love to add to that collection now
17:43As long as Argentina can stay in this
17:47I don't think Scaloni will be over keen to make substitutions
17:55La mole goes over
17:57And receives nothing by way of sympathy
18:10Yeah I think that's fair enough
18:13Not enough in it
18:30That pours away
18:31Messi
18:33Castor's ball came to Baina
18:36Then Slipper it is
18:42Those noughts for Argentina
18:45Certainly got a change
18:46And you would expect them to
18:47The longer this game goes on
18:51Romero away as far as Olmo
18:53Here for the first time is Petri
18:54Lovely ball user
18:56Cucurea
18:58Baina
19:02Molina tight
19:04Cucurea
19:04Petri allowed to go
19:07Petri
19:09Olmo
19:10Martinez spilt
19:14And Spain have a corner
19:17They'd have expected him to collect it
19:19Just bounced up in front of Martinez
19:20I don't know if it moved a bit as well
19:22From Dani Olmo
19:23I think it did actually
19:26Not an easy one
19:36And so a Lumina mole corner for Spain
19:45An hour and more with nothing to show
19:50Ever increasing jeopardy
19:54Freight nerves
20:03Lamol flat to the near post
20:05Away from there by McAllister
20:07Porro
20:11Lamol
20:12Flicked away and behind for another corner
20:15Paredes
20:16He certainly wouldn't have been fully in control
20:19If this little flicked head of Paredes
20:21It was an important one
20:24A couple of Spain
20:25Players lurking behind
20:31In by Baina
20:33Martinez has lost it
20:36Olmo was battling for it
20:40And until next time
20:42He said
20:42He said
20:49He said
20:51He said
20:52He said
21:08It's gone by Simon
21:12Taliafico beneath it, Pedri first to it, Olmo
21:17Kukurea, Bainer outside of him
21:22Bainer to lift it in
21:24Out of the rink of Ferran Torres, but Taliafico is taking no chances
21:28Yeah, he had Yamal behind him
21:35But the ball continues to go
21:37Just the one way, and that's in Spain's favour
21:56Lamal away by McAllister
21:59Down again by Porro
22:02Lamal, he's got between a pair of them
22:04Lamal Torres
22:09Into the waiting arms of the Argentine goalkeeper
22:13It's the best chance of the match
22:16By some distance this one, lovely wing play
22:18Torres gets enough behind it, but it's not the direction
22:32Now looking at that little shove
22:34More of a short shirt tug perhaps than a push
22:50And so we reach the hydration break in the second half
22:54Up
22:56Up
23:07Up
24:42Play for the Ultras?
25:01Game over.
25:03Superior is worth playing for.
25:06Michelob Ultra Zero.
25:13And Romero, a sense, Alan, that one of those is out of necessity because Romero seems to have a problem.
25:19The other is a choice.
25:20Yeah, Simeone will play in DePaul's position, a bit more energy, younger lad.
25:25Romero, though, that's the two first-choice centre-halves that have gone off after Lissandro Martinez.
25:33So they're being tested here, Argentina.
25:48Simeone, of course, did start the semi-final against England.
25:52Argentina now have changed three of their starting back four.
26:06Martin, Tina are still to have a shot in this final.
26:12And, indeed, it is the first time in match 104 of this World Cup that any team has got to
26:19the second hydration break without a shot.
26:24I think that says a fair bit about Spain's team structure, the defensive resilience.
26:30Also, though, about the lack of adventure shown by Argentina.
26:36But his team do not give away goals lightly.
26:40They don't give away chances much either.
26:49Football air-found touch.
26:56This is Molina with the throw.
26:59A lot of several in the Argentinian team who play club football in Spain with Atletico Madrid,
27:03where, of course, there is a vast Simeone influence.
27:08And Sonov has just come on to further that.
27:18Mavarez.
27:31Otamendi.
27:33Molina.
27:37There is Simeone.
27:39Piss off a little bit more than he could chew.
27:46Lottri couldn't keep it.
27:48McAllister spreads it.
27:50Alvarez is on his way.
27:57McAllister.
28:02Otamendi.
28:03Otamendi.
28:05Molina.
28:09Messi driving.
28:12Simeone.
28:16And out by Cucurera.
28:17And Spain can counter here.
28:18Momentarily, they have four on four.
28:21But Dino checks.
28:22And they've been keen to avoid that situation, Argentina, haven't they?
28:26Getting caught short on the counter.
28:27But they did commit one or two more men in that attack than they have been.
28:35Olmo.
28:37Olmo.
28:38Romal kept from it with wiry strength by Taliafico.
28:43Alvarez.
28:52It's the same against France in the semi-final.
28:55There's always a covering Spanish player.
29:00Moutri.
29:01Petri.
29:09Koubassi.
29:20La Balle.
29:27On a different page from Ferran Torres.
29:31Torres.
29:33It's getting nervy now.
29:36It feels more and more like a one-moment final.
29:41When and where and for whom will that moment fall?
29:49Yeah, the Spain fans have been seeing their team dominate the ball, really, and be more threatening.
29:56They just fear that Argentina have got a cruel bite in them.
30:02A knockout punch, perhaps.
30:08Well, Spain still do have a couple of aces up their sleeve.
30:13Nico Marino has proved to be the ultimate ace from the substitute Spencer in this competition.
30:19And he and Nico Williams, who's been denied more minutes of this competition by nagging injury.
30:27They are both going to get a chance here.
30:30Biner and Olmo giving way.
30:33Biner and Olmo giving way.
30:39Biner and Olmo giving way.
30:39Biner and Olmo giving way.
30:39And the season is coming at it.
31:01Biner and Olmo giving way.
31:03He is on a card
31:09Hedri gets it rolling kubasi
31:17Rotary
31:18Poro yamal
31:22Tree kubasi
31:28But for Marino, he's got it back here
31:37Rotary
31:38Williams
31:40Pedri
31:45Kukurea
31:46Pedri
31:48Ferran Torres
31:51Kukurea
31:52Rotary
31:54Pedri
31:56Martinez is behind it again
32:00Yeah, just shoved off balance a little bit as he went to shot there Pedri
32:03But he offers more creativity in these areas and Fabian Ruiz
32:10Rotary again
32:12Pedro Poro
32:15Lamine yamal away from Taliafico
32:18Ferran Torres
32:20Lamal that smart
32:22Lamal's pullback
32:23And getting across for Argentina was for Kendo Medina
32:28Argentina got to be so careful when yamal gets in that penalty area
32:35Kubasi
32:35Martinez
32:39It's still alive
32:43Williams
32:45Corner
32:47Well again
32:48Martinez can't hold it
32:51There's plenty behind him
32:56Yeah
32:58Awkward for him
32:59He'd have got long odds on Pau Kubasi to score the first goal of the World Cup Final
33:08And then Martinez saw to it that he didn't
33:11And then Martinez saw to it that he didn't
33:21Williams to fly it in whistles gone
33:26Spain will get another go at this
33:45Williams again
33:47No contact
33:52Tempting ball in that
33:54Kubasi just got caught underneath
34:11Well, this is the point in the game where Argentina have tended to come to life
34:16So many of their goals at this competition inside the last quarter of an hour
34:21Yeah, precious little sign at the moment now
34:34Well, Martinez now has had to make seven saves in the game he hadn't prior to today had to make
34:40more than four in a single game
34:58The Correa
35:00Williams
35:02Pedri
35:06Kubasi
35:07Porro
35:09Lamal
35:10Nice
35:10Porro
35:20Ticking up
35:20Ticking up towards 80 minutes
35:23In the final of the 23rd World Cup
35:2816 years since Spain won it for the one and only time
35:32Argentina clinging to it
35:34On by Pedri
35:35On by Pedri
35:36Taken up by Porro
35:38Tagliofico
35:39Got between
35:40Ball and goal
35:42And Spain have another corner
35:50Almost as if Argentina
35:51We're just trying to get to 90 minutes
35:56Looking towards extra time
35:57This is precious little ambition
36:00At the moment
36:05Williams
36:07Pedri
36:09Williams
36:11Laporte was flying in
36:19Martinez got rid in a hurry
36:20Kukurea can watch that back to Simon
36:29Simeone
36:30Clashed with the centre-half
36:34And it's asked to be calm
36:43Another ball though
36:44They get to the byline
36:45He doesn't get a clear contact on it
36:46Laporte
36:47Thanks to the challenge
36:48If he had have done
36:49That would have been a lot more difficult for Martinez
36:57Kubasi
36:59Lamal
37:00Marino
37:04Rodri
37:04Spain making all the running here
37:07Porro
37:17Pedri
37:18Pedri
37:20Kukurea
37:24Williams
37:30Pedri
37:31He's made a difference
37:32Pedri since coming on
37:34Slap touch for Marino
37:35Out comes McAllister
37:38No foul by Rodri
37:43And indeed
37:44There is a
37:45A booking here for
37:46Ento Fernandes
37:48For what must have been interpreted as
37:50Dramatics
37:53Otherwise known as diving
37:54Perhaps
37:56With
37:57A decent view
38:03Maybe it's the descent afterwards
38:11There's got to be a moment
38:12There's got to be a winner
38:22Reminder again that America has never seen a goal yet in a world cup final
38:281994 the Rose Bowl Pasadena
38:300-0 all the way to a shootout
38:34That's here over the bar and all of that
38:57By Laporte
38:58Nicked on here for Ferran Torres
39:01Gathered by Marino
39:02Nicked out wide
39:04For Lamal
39:06Porro
39:20Williams hit the turf
39:21The referee wasn't interested
39:22Here's Messi
39:27Outside of him is Molina
39:29Have you ever seen Messi have a more quiet game than this?
39:37Foul at the back of Rodri by Fernandes again
39:40He needs to mind his P's and Q's now
39:51The president
39:52The president engrossed
39:54The world engrossed
39:58He may like all of us be required to consume extra time
40:08Lamal
40:10Borran Torres
40:11To Spanish throw
40:15Argentina just been unwilling to go toe-to-toe with his Spain team
40:21Maybe feeling early if they did that
40:24They get soundly beaten
40:27So the game plan
40:29This is it
40:30Has worked so far
40:35Rotary
40:45For Correa
40:47Anyone who watched yesterday's third fourth playoff must be wondering if these are two different sports
40:55Ten goals then
40:58Not one yet here
41:04Five minutes to play
41:16Williams
41:20Williams has it stolen by Molina
41:27We have gone past
41:29The latest a goal has ever been scored to win a world cup final without extra time
41:34Andy Bremer for
41:36Germany against Argentina in 1990 scored the winner in the 85th minute
41:42The match momentum tells us it's been one way traffic
41:49The fact Lotoo Martinez hasn't come on off the bench tells you
41:55Scaloni's tactics I think
41:57Try and see it through now
41:59Two extra time
42:02Lamal
42:04Rotary
42:06Marino
42:08Ferro Torres
42:11Still low
42:14Always a difficult attempt that
42:20Worth a swing of the right boots but
42:22As it bounces up it's hard to swivel and
42:25Get a clean connection
42:28And also getting on target
42:39Eight previous world cup finals have required extra time the last one did
42:45Scaloni had to suffer it
42:49Indeed four of the last five have required extra time
42:53And this one is ticking ever closer to extra time
42:57But there remains time
43:01Pedri
43:02Lamal
43:07Laporte
43:15Pedri
43:19Williams
43:22Kukureia
43:25Rotary
43:38Williams
43:43oh tree kubasi marino right again from poro
43:58la ball
44:03rogery nico williams the 89th minute no pass molina
44:12there's been a real defiance about argentina's defending
44:17to restrict spain that the way they have
44:21the best chance i think they've conceded would be that ferran torres header
44:33laporte
44:37kubasi this could open up to rogery
44:39he fires high
44:48spain of course when they won it in south africa 16 years ago themselves required extra time
44:53went deep into the johannesburg night before andres iniesta came up with his moment
44:59then for vicente del bosque
45:03how many of these spanish supporters were there on that famous occasion who knows
45:15marino pedri
45:17out by molina
45:21messi
45:21the ferreira got tight
45:30there are many of the class of 2010
45:34the ones who lifted it the class of cassia
45:38ramos and ramos and pique and puyol and busquets
45:40and alonso javi and indiesta
45:45yeah you saw the expression from the spanish veterans there it's been a not been a easy watch this one
45:53truth be told nor was their final but they won it
45:58and we're into four minutes of stoppage time here
46:15this would be if it ends this way the third of the last five finals to be 0-0
46:22after 90 minutes
46:28there's so much on it that's the truth there's everything on it this is it
46:33messi
46:34simeone
46:35messi stayed down
46:36laporte
46:37walks away from the scene of the crime
46:40it looked to me
46:42first viewing that messi's just run into laporte and laporte laporte held his ground
46:50i don't think there's anything malicious in it
46:53it doesn't have to get out of the way
46:57well he's got a free kick out of it has leonor messi
47:05and this would be the ultimate execution of argentina's game plan
47:09if they were to steal it this late in the day
47:13their support comes to life
47:19effervescently colorful
47:23a glorious soundtrack to the event
47:28messi goes wide for simeone
47:34i'll see again
47:36fernandez
47:37leonor messi
47:39couldn't tiptoe through
47:43stoken back by medina
47:46simeone across goal and simon control on it
47:51and get rid of it in a hurry
47:54poro
47:55it's come to williams
48:00who's had a hit parried by martinez
48:09that's a fair collision on halfway as well
48:11enzo fernandez went through him
48:13and enzo fernandez
48:16is walking
48:22there's no good waving your hands
48:24you've got to get off
48:25no matter what
48:28anybody thinks
48:30it looked late
48:33it looked a little vindictive
48:35interested to see the replay
48:40trying to get there
48:43he's not far off
48:46getting the ball
48:48it's not a cynical challenge
48:50but the way kubasi goes up and over
48:53it looks
48:53it looks bad
48:57but you'd say enough for the booking
49:01and enzo fernandez here
49:03becomes the sixth player to be sent off in a world cup final
49:07indeed the third argentinian player after petro monzon and gustavo desotti
49:16in 1990
49:23kukurea i think has risked the ire of the referee too possibly by covering his mouth in a confrontation
49:34this was the referee actually who sent off piero in capier for covering his mouth while
49:38talking to an opponent
49:40the ecuadorian defender earlier
49:43in the tournament
49:50but it would appear there is
49:52still the
49:55potential for var involvement here
50:00and so fernandez
50:03will be hard to consult
50:13now here is the moment kukurea goes to messi
50:24messi indicates possibly that he said something behind that hand
50:38well it's been a defiant rear guard action but
50:43it's going to be incredibly hard now
50:46if it does go to
50:47extra time
50:50it was noting also that when spain won it in 2010 they did so then against 10 men
50:55after johnny heitinger was sent off for the netherlands
51:00roatry
51:04roatry
51:16roatry
51:19roatry
51:22roatry
51:24roatry
51:26again to tease taliafico right at the end of it all
51:30no way past him
51:34arvarez away kukurea onto it
51:37sifted up to firan torres who's gone over
51:39in position a1 in the final seconds of the world cup final
51:44while making tackles like that a pride is his game
51:49but he's conceded one in a really dangerous area that's loose
51:54really is at this stage
51:58and he's on a yellow card too
52:06this may be the last kick
52:08before extra time
52:10it may be the last kick
52:12full stop
52:19well
52:19somebody can write himself
52:21into the history books here
52:22if they took this away
52:26put yourself now
52:28in the boots of pedro porro
52:30put yourself in the boots of yamin lamal
52:33the whole world is watching
52:39one moment
52:40one kick off the ball
52:43overseen by those who went before them
52:48as the sun beats down in new jersey
52:52well yamin lamal hit the wall
52:54in his last attempt
52:57will he have another go
52:58come down
53:01come down
53:02come down
53:03come down
53:07uh you
53:33I'm going to get those spine lads back a little bit.
53:41Lominium, oh, oh, what a save.
53:45Emi Martinez made quite a journey and turned it behind for a corner.
53:52We'd argue it's he's half of the goal.
53:54Nevertheless, it's the best save he's made so far.
53:58Quickly on with it.
53:59Pedri Williams in Wenkubasi, the final whistle.
54:05Only it is not the final whistle.
54:08It is merely a moment to pause for thought and reflect on a match-saving stop for Argentina
54:16from their brilliant maverick goalkeeper, Emi Lado Martinez.
54:21It's easy to wedge to your right if you're Martinez, but he doesn't get fooled.
54:27He sees it coming all the way in fairness, but yeah, he's just kept them in this World Cup final.
54:38The moment of the match so far was the last moment of the match so far.
54:45And we head, as four years ago, to extra time in the World Cup final.
54:51It remains Spain nil, Argentina nil.
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