Luis de la Fuente has named an unchanged Spain side for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final from the one that defeated France in the semis on Tuesday.
Once again, Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Fabian Ruiz gets the start ahead of Pedri of Barcelona.
Spain XI vs. Argentina
Unai Simon; Pedro Porro, Pau Cubarsi, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella; Fabian Ruiz, Dani Olmo, Rodri; Lamine Yamal, Mikel Oyarzabal, Alex Baena
On the other side of the pitch, Lionel Scaloni made two changes to his starting XI from the one that dramatically came from behind to beat England.
At right-back, River Plate’s Gonzalo Montiel is preferred to Nahuel Molina. Juventus winger Nico Gonzalez starts ahead of Leandro Paredes. Julian Alvarez once again keeps his place in the XI with Lautaro Martinez on the bench.
Lionel Messi now trails France’s Kylian Mbappé by two goals in the Golden Boot race.
Argentina XI vs. Spain
Dibu Martinez; Gonzalo Montiel, Cuti Romero, Licha Martinez, Nicolas Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister, Nico Gonzalez; Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez
