“I spoke with Lamine. He is calm and eager to play,” explained Abdul, Lamine Yamal’s uncle, to La Vanguardia hours before the final. He was speaking from Larache, the Moroccan city where he was born and to which he had traveled just 24 hours earlier. Because superstitions, those rituals or habits repeated with the belief that they bring luck, are not the exclusive heritage of Argentina. He also decided to keep his, the one that had brought him luck during the Eurocup. To do so, he closed the family business this week, Bar LY 304. Abdul did not know it yet, but the superstition would work again. It was not the only one.

There is that guy.

Justice, a highly elusive matter in football, answered the desperate call of the Spanish national team and granted them the second star late, in extra time, but with full merit. La Roja was overwhelmingly superior, dominating all aspects of the game…

From Iniesta to Ferran Torres. From Don Andrés to Mr. Ferran. From Fuentealbilla to Foios. From the right boot to the left boot. From the Jabulani to the Trionda. From Johannesburg to New York. From one Barça player to another blaugrana footballer. The second half of extra time was red again. Although the Manchego genius scored dressed in blue. He was looking for a successor to the person who stitched the first star on the crest and found it in the Valencian forward. A golden thread will unite them forever. So often debated but he always ends up sticking his head out, being the protagonist, making the headlines. The story is his. Ferran II, superstar.

About twenty radicals violently attacked a group of fans who were watching the World Cup final in a bar in the Navarrese town of Berriozar. In a coordinated action, the attackers, with their faces covered, broke into the establishment’s terrace around 10:30 p.m. and threw chairs and tables at the customers, who were watching the match on television.