WC Final 2026: How Argentina ruined Messi's 'Last Dance'

Hello and welcome to the penultimate edition of Offside. After seeing 48 teams do battle for 38 days, Spain are the last team standing as they saw off Argentina in an ill-tempered World Cup final that will not go down in history for its footballing brilliance.American sports by design are rather odd for foreigners and the hilarity was captured in an SNL cold open titled Washington’s Dream in which George Washington lays down his vision of freedom where America can choose its “own laws, own leaders, and its systems of weights and measurements”. Roundly ignoring the plea of the Black man who keeps asking about the fate of coloured people, Washington speaks of a dream for America that will play football, a sport that is played with hands and “involves a little kicking”.