{"id":516214,"date":"2026-07-19T19:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/trump-and-infantino-present-the-2026-world-cup-to-an-ecstatic-spain-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:14:31","slug":"trump-and-infantino-present-the-2026-world-cup-to-an-ecstatic-spain-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/trump-and-infantino-present-the-2026-world-cup-to-an-ecstatic-spain-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Infantino present the 2026 World Cup to an ecstatic Spain in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

East Rutherford (USA)<\/strong>.- US President Donald Trump and FIFA President<\/strong> Gianni Infantino presented the 2026 World Cup<\/strong> to an ecstatic Spanish national team that fulfilled its dream of a second star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luis de la Fuente’s team lifted the long-awaited gold trophy as the sun was already setting at the New York\/New Jersey stadium in front of 80,000 spectators, a multitude of personalities, and the presence of the King and Queen of Spain and the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro S\u00e1nchez.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rodri Hern\u00e1ndez, the team captain, received the trophy from the hands of Trump and Infantino. The American president greeted the Spanish players and resisted leaving the frame even when the Spaniards lifted the trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The players celebrated and danced on the stadium stage alongside King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor, and Infanta Sof\u00eda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The greatest sporting spectacle in the world and the longest in history put an end to 45 days and 104 matches between 48 nations, from which a Spain that only conceded one goal in the entire tournament emerged victorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A goal by Ferran Torres at the beginning of the second half of extra time doomed an Argentina side that played with 10 men from the 93rd minute. The match ended with a final scuffle and an ugly grab by the Argentine Paredes on the Spanish midfielder Gavi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump and Infantino entered the stadium accompanied by the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it was difficult to elucidate the object of the boos, the stadium booed at the entrance of Trump and Infantino to the pitch and when both awarded the refereeing team, which disallowed two goals for Spain in this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergio Ramos, 2010 world champion, was in charge of bringing the trophy to the stage amidst winks of complicity with “la Roja”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish central defender Pau Cubars\u00ed won the best young player of the tournament, while Unai Sim\u00f3n received the golden glove from the hands of Mark Carney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The player of the tournament was Rodri, who received the award from Sheinbaum in front of a dejected Lionel Messi, who could not retire with another World Cup win and also failed to surpass the Frenchman Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 as the tournament’s top scorer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Rutherford (USA).- US President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented the 2026 World Cup to an ecstatic Spanish national team that fulfilled its dream of a second star. Luis de la Fuente’s team lifted the long-awaited gold trophy as the sun was already setting at the New York\/New Jersey stadium in front […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":516215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15925,13603],"class_list":["post-516214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-donald-trump","tag-new-york"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2ai2","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/rss-efe20182d930f9a390a8cdfce3558878564b2346991w.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Sports"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/rss-efe20182d930f9a390a8cdfce3558878564b2346991w.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}