All Quiet on the Western Front
The FIFA World Cup 2026 was concluded at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, United States of America (USA) on Sunday last. After the final match the hosts of North America are now calm and quiet.
The USA, Canada and Mexico, the three hosts staged the ‘Greatest Show on the Earth’ successfully. It may be mentioned that this World Cup was a 48-team tournament as FIFA, the governing body of world football took initiative to stage the gala extravaganza in this new format.
Spain became the new champions after defeating Argentina by a solitary goal in the final. Argentina, the champions in the FIFA World Cup 2022 had to satisfy with the feat of runners-up. Spain defeated Argentina as they presented a better brand of football and deserved the victory.
Former legend player of Bangladesh National Football team Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir told this Reporter on Monday, ” Argentina lost to Spain as they played negative football in the final.”
The matches of the group phase, Round of 32 matches, Round of 16 games were held at the different venues across Mexico, Canada and United States of America, the three hosts countries of FIFA World Cup 2026.
After ending those phases, the four quarter-final matches, the two semifinals, the third-place deciding match and the final were hosted by the different venues across the United States of America.
Argentina, Spain, France and England, the Number One, Number Two, Number Three, Number Four, according to the FIFA rankings reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2026. England finished third after thrashing France by 6-4 goals in the place-deciding match.
Champions Spain were rewarded US $ 50 million, runners-up Argentina got US $ 33 million, Third-place achiever England pocketted US $ 29 million and fourth-place earner France were given US $ 27 million as prize money.
Rodri of Spain was rewarded Golden Ball Award (Player of the Tournament), Kylian Mbappe got Golden Boot Award (highest scorer of FIFA World Cup 2026 with 10 goals), Unai Simon of Spain earned Golden Glove Award (best goalkeeper of the competition), Pau Cubarsi of Spain was adjudged the Promising Player of the Tournament, while Netherlands got the FIFA Fair Play Trophy as they played a fresh and smooth football in their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign.
It may be may be mentioned that Kylian Mbappe is now the highest scorer of the FIFA World Cup. He has scored 22 goals in his FIFA World Cup campaign.
