About this episode

Spain wins its second men's World Cup by outplaying Argentina, with insights from Mark Schwarzer on the match and future World Cups.

Spain has won its second men's World Cup after comprehensively outplaying Argentina. The South Americans embraced the dark arts, but all the tricks were no match for the Spanish class. Lionel Messi has possibly played his final World Cup game, but this young Spanish group is definitely just getting started. We also unpack an odd half-time show and ask Mark Schwarzer how we will remember the 2026 World Cup. Featured: Mark Schwarzer, Socceroos legend. To catch up on everything that’s making sports headlines recently, listen to more episodes of ABC Sport Daily,’ hosted by Patrick Stack on ABC listen or wherever you get your podcasts, and get in touch with them on social media via @abc_sport. In the episodes we will cover big sporting personalities and all sports, including cricket, soccer, F1, NBA, AFL, AFLW to NRLW & NRL news, to covering competitions like the Olympics, the World Cup, The Ashes, Grand Prix and Grand Finals and more. Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

People in this episode

Host: Patrick Stack

Guest: Mark Schwarzer

Topics covered

• World Cup
• soccer
• sports analysis
• Mark Schwarzer
• Lionel Messi
• Spain vs Argentina

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABC Australia, ABC Sport

Places: Spain, Argentina

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