00:00Here we go with our special segment on the occasion of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
00:04Beyond the game, the ball stays pure.
00:06Well, at least it's a pleasure to share the set with you.
00:09Good afternoon, Laura. Good afternoon once more to our audience.
00:12We continue to, in this stage, waiting ahead of the final games of this World Cup
00:16on Saturday for the third place and on Sunday for the grand final.
00:20More after the break.
00:44Welcome to Beyond the Game, the ball stays pure.
00:46We're just over 24 hours for the third place playoff that is going to take place tomorrow in Miami
00:52between France and England.
00:54The match that people always say is the match that no one wants to play.
00:56But we are 48 hours away from the grand final,
00:59the match that everyone wants to play and everyone is waiting to see
01:02and what it will bring.
01:04A great match that we expect will come from both Argentina and Spain
01:08as the battle for the first time in a final in a World Cup
01:11and will decide the winner of this tournament, of this edition of the tournament.
01:15Well, for all this information and more in this building up stage,
01:19let's go live in Mexico City with our colleague Carlos Montero for more.
01:23Welcome, Carlos, to Beyond the Game.
01:26Hi, Luis.
01:28How are you?
01:28Of course, I agree with you.
01:30Nobody wants to play tomorrow's match, but it's going to be a nice game
01:34because it's going to play England, who was one of the favourites
01:38and did a great World Cup until they faced Argentina.
01:42And then France, that was another one of the favourites.
01:45And Spain said, no, you are going to play for the third place.
01:48It's going to be a nice, nice match to watch for people who like football.
01:52I have information a bit about the big final on Sunday.
01:56Information number one.
01:58Usually, the coach and one player give a press conference before the game.
02:04It should be on Saturday for the final.
02:06But in this case, it's going to be today at 6 o'clock in New York, New Jersey,
02:11that's going to be the match.
02:13Leonardo, Leo Scaloni.
02:16And one player, we believe, is going to be El Dibu Martinez,
02:20the goalkeeper who play in England.
02:22They are going to give a press conference.
02:24What's new about this press conference?
02:27That they are going to sell tickets to members of the crowd, the fans,
02:32English or Argentine or Spanish fans.
02:36They said it's going to be around $85.
02:38It's going to be a limited number.
02:41But, of course, the fans, they are not going to be able to ask a question.
02:46Only the media that has the credential to be there.
02:49Other information.
02:51Tomorrow, Saturday, expected, you know, the game is going to be New Jersey.
02:55It's very close to New York.
02:57And the center of New York is Times Square.
03:00And tomorrow, Argentina, they are saying they are going to have a van der Aso.
03:06What's a van der Aso?
03:07They get all the fans together with flags and they celebrate Times Square.
03:12They are expecting thousands of thousands of people in Times Square.
03:16It's not such a big place.
03:18Why thousands of people?
03:20People, Argentine people, are going crazy to fly from Buenos Aires to New Jersey.
03:26All the airplanes tickets from Marilinas, Argentina, they've been sold out.
03:31And also the tickets from Buenos Aires to New York have been sold out.
03:35And also from Buenos Aires to Miami.
03:39There are going to be a thousand of Argentina.
03:41A lot of people want to buy a ticket the last minute in the resale, FIFA resale service online.
03:48The cheapest ticket you can find is around $7,000.
03:53It's going to be really, really important.
03:55I want to tell you something else about different about this World Cup.
04:00For the first time, it's going to be a halftime show like they do in the Super Bowl.
04:06It's going to last people's show.
04:07It's going to be 30 minutes.
04:09Gianni Fantino said it's not going to be so long, but it's going to be a musical event.
04:14Shakira is going to be there, Justin Bieber, another very famous talent.
04:21And one more thing different than the past World Cup.
04:26In this case, the FIFA is going to give to the winner team, Spain or Argentina, rings.
04:33Those rings that they usually give when they win the NBA or when they win the Super Bowl, they are
04:41going to make 2,026 rings because this is the World Cup 2026.
04:5030 are going to be for the players, for the winner team and the delegation.
04:54And the rest, people are going to be able to buy.
04:57It's going to be a very fancy ring.
04:59We don't know the price yet, but people are saying in the media it's going to be around 6,000,
05:057,000, but that's not official.
05:08And FIFA World Cup 2026 is going to be completely the final difference, like the whole World Cup.
05:15This World Cup, we have the 48 teams.
05:19We have the two halves divided, like in basketball.
05:24So, Gianni Infantino is respecting USA, the co-host of the World Cup.
05:30So, be ready for new things this coming Sunday.
05:35But first, enjoy tomorrow match against England and France.
05:40Luis, back to you.
05:41Thank you, Carlos, for all the information, all the different details in the build-up to the final match on
05:47Sunday.
05:48We're going to be talking with you in other occasions as well.
05:51Well, as the countdown to the World Cup final continues, excitement is growing in Spain among fans.
05:57Let's listen to them.
06:02I really enjoyed the last one.
06:03It was a great match.
06:05How do I picture it?
06:06With a lot of tension, there's going to be a lot of tension between the two teams because they fear
06:10each other.
06:14Spain plays very well.
06:15Well, you have to admit it, they have a great team and they're strong mentally, but Argentina is Argentina always.
06:23I don't know.
06:24There might be the same surprise there was with France.
06:27We completely shut down the French team.
06:29But with Argentina, I don't know what's going to happen.
06:32I fear the worst.
06:33I fear an Argentina win.
06:37The Copa America champion and the Euro champion for the first time, the best players on the planet on the
06:43same field.
06:44And hopefully it stays home and Spain lifts the cup.
06:50Well, like this, we have come to the end of this segment.
06:53On the game, the Bullseys Spear, we're going to be providing more updates in upcoming segments in this build-up
06:58towards the two final match of this edition of the World Cup.
07:01Back to you, Loret.
07:02Thank you so much, Lucia.
07:03You were saying this road is coming to an end.
07:06And with this special segment, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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