{"id":6957,"date":"2026-07-19T23:25:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6957"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:25:36","slug":"spain-argentina-break-out-into-brawl-after-2026-fifa-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6957","title":{"rendered":"Spain, Argentina Break Out Into Brawl After 2026 FIFA World Cup Final"},"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>Tensions flared at the end of Spain\u2019s 1-0 victory over Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with things getting particularly tense between Leandro Paredes and multiple Spanish players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>First, Paredes got into a confrontation with Eric Garc\u00eda, charging at him and grabbing him by the neck. Gavi then got himself involved as well, coming in and engaging with Paredes before players from both teams and Lionel Scaloni stepped in to separate everyone after a tense extra-time finish in the World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Argentina played with a physical edge and was willing to make the game scrappy. It attempted to drag Spain into that kind of match, but the Spanish prevailed, thanks in part to Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez being sent off in stoppage time of normal time after receiving a second yellow card for a late challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Playing with 10 men in extra time made the task even more difficult for an incredibly resilient Argentina side that showed grit, determination and a warrior mentality throughout the entire tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Argentina ultimately lost in the final, marking the first major international tournament it has participated in but failed to win since the 2019 Copa Am\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Tensions flared at the end of Spain\u2019s 1-0 victory over Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with things getting particularly tense between Leandro Paredes and multiple Spanish players. First, Paredes got into a confrontation with Eric Garc\u00eda, charging at him and grabbing him by the neck. Gavi then got himself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6957","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\/6957","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=6957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}