{"id":76266,"date":"2026-07-19T02:55:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/world-cup-2026-spain-v-argentina-final-buildup-england-win-10-goal-thriller-live\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T02:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:55:49","slug":"world-cup-2026-spain-v-argentina-final-buildup-england-win-10-goal-thriller-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/world-cup-2026-spain-v-argentina-final-buildup-england-win-10-goal-thriller-live\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Spain v Argentina final buildup; England win 10-goal thriller \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u26bd <\/strong>World Cup final starts at 3pm EST, 8pm BST, 5am AEST<strong><br \/>\u26bd <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/world-cup-2026-complete-player-guide\">Player guide<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/04\/golden-boot-world-cup-2026-top-goalscorers-winner\">Golden Boot<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@guardiansport\">Follow on TikTok<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:matchday.live@theguardian.com\">Mail us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It find it strange that, given his team struggled for control and also to break down tight defences,<\/strong> Tuchel didn\u2019t give Mainoo a single second on the pitch \u2013 and seemed to have decided as much by the Panama game, when he brought on Henderson in preference. England desperately lacked midfield balance, control, poise and craft, a problem that eventually cost them \u2013 and is the main reason I\u2019d have given them little chance of beating Spain had they made the final. Anderson and Rice are fine players, but given Bellingham is essential, I\u2019d want only one, with the trio completed by a more technical and cerebral type \u2013 which needn\u2019t be Mainoo, he was just the only one in the squad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kobbie Mainoo\u2019s position<\/strong> in the team-group shot is sadly perfect.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/jul\/19\/world-cup-2026-spain-v-argentina-final-buildup-england-win-10-goal-thriller-live\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd World Cup final starts at 3pm EST, 8pm BST, 5am AEST\u26bd Player guide | Golden Boot | Follow on TikTok | Mail us It find it strange that, given his team struggled for control and also to break down tight defences, Tuchel didn\u2019t give Mainoo a single second on the pitch \u2013 and seemed &#8230; <a title=\"World Cup 2026: Spain v Argentina final buildup; England win 10-goal thriller \u2013 live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/19\/world-cup-2026-spain-v-argentina-final-buildup-england-win-10-goal-thriller-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about World Cup 2026: Spain v Argentina final buildup; England win 10-goal thriller \u2013 live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}