{"id":6899,"date":"2026-07-19T02:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6899"},"modified":"2026-07-19T02:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:38:24","slug":"why-spains-technical-ability-can-overcome-argentinas-warrior-mentality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6899","title":{"rendered":"Why Spain&#039;s Technical Ability Can Overcome Argentina&#039;s Warrior Mentality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>As the world focuses on Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal in the World Cup final, expect a match defined by contrasting mentalities and tactics between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The battle for possession will likely dictate the outcome of the final and FOX Sports&#8217; Alexi Lalas doubts Argentina can disrupt Spain&#8217;s rhythm and possession-heavy style of play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think Spain is going to get caught up in the knife fight that is Argentina and what Argentina wants to do,&#8221; Lalas said. &#8220;Playing against Spain, how are you going to get the ball? They will not let you get the ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>While individual accolades like the Golden Boot or Golden Ball are on the line, Lalas believes Messi is not worried about his place in the standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think Messi is sitting in the hotel a couple miles away here, I don&#8217;t think he gives a \u2018you know what\u2019 when it comes to the Golden Boot relative to winning a World Cup,&#8221; Lalas said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;Winning a World Cup, and when it comes to someone like Messi, going back to back and winning a World Cup, that carries so much more weight, I think, than the actual goal scoring.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>When asked for a prediction on who lifts the trophy, Lalas, Peter and Kaspar Schmeichel all aligned, selecting Spain to lift the World Cup trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY As the world focuses on Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal in the World Cup final, expect a match defined by contrasting mentalities and tactics between the two sides. The battle for possession will likely dictate the outcome of the final and FOX Sports&#8217; Alexi Lalas doubts Argentina can disrupt Spain&#8217;s rhythm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}