Scaloni vs De La Fuente — Teacher and Pupil Reunited in FIFA World Cup 2026 Final
Spain and Argentina meet for the title as former tutor Luis de la Fuente and ex-student Lionel Scaloni face off.
- On Sunday, Spain faces Argentina in the World Cup final, pitting Spain coach Luis de la Fuente against his former student, Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni, in football's ultimate contest.
- Their relationship began in 2017 at the Spanish Football Association coaching academy in Las Rozas, where de la Fuente tutored Scaloni during his transition from player to manager.
- De la Fuente said he would be "delighted" to face Argentina, while Scaloni noted, "Everything we see in his national team is what we hope to see in ours."
- Spain aims for a second World Cup title 16 years after their first, while Argentina seeks to become the first nation since Brazil in 1962 to win back-to-back championships.
- Scaloni stated, "Let's hope there's no call until after the final," as competitive tension temporarily suspends their friendship until Sunday's match concludes.
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The final team leaders Luis de la Fuente and Lionel Scaloni have a special relationship with each other. As a player, they won championship titles – as coaches, both world stars. From the relationship teachers – students developed a friendship that continues to this day.
“I would like to play against Argentina because of the friendship I have with Scaloni.” The phrase is by Luis de la Fuente. He said it after Spain’s victory over France and his desire was fulfilled. The Red Fury and the Albiceleste will play this Sunday the final of the 2026 World Cup at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, at 3 p.m. Beyond the definition by the planetary title, the match will have a special condiment for the relationship between …
Argentina will face Spain on Sunday in the World Cup final. The match will be an opportunity to reunite between the two players. Argentinian Lionel Scaloni was formed by Spain's Luis de la Fuente a few years ago. - World Cup 2026: the Spain-Argentina final will be an opportunity to reunite between student Scaloni and his Fuente trainer (Sports).
The final of the World Cup, played between Spain and Argentina on Sunday, puts forward two technicians with similar trajectories. Lionel Scaloni and Luis de la Fuente built their careers within the national selections, passed through the basic categories before taking over the main teams and turned bets surrounded by distrust into winning projects. The path of the two was still crossed in 2017, when Spanish was one of the Argentinean teachers in…
The Spanish coach Luis de la Fuente has become one of the great figures of this World Cup . With an impeccable style and an enviable state at age 65, every detail of the selector on the field of play throughout this tournament has been looked at with magnifying glass and it is not for less, his work with the Red has managed to place the Selection of Spain in the final, a game that will compete against Argentina next Sunday and of which more than…
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