SOCCER. Uncontainable joy for the South American community in Bergamo.
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The 2026 World Cup final will be Argentina-Spain. In the second semifinal, in Atlanta, Argentina defeated England 2-1 (0-0). Leading the comeback for the Seleccion, after England’s goal by Gordon at the 10th minute of the second half, were two assists from Messi: for Enzo Fernandez (41’ st) and Lautaro Martinez (47’ st).
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Big celebration also in Bergamo, where about a hundred South Americans gathered at the Lunfa Bar on viale Papa Giovanni XXIII, run by a group of Argentine youths, to suffer and rejoice together while watching the match. In the end, great joy and chants continued amid dancing and toasts.
Forty years after the “Hand of God,” Argentina repeats itself in the name of Leo Messi, who with two assists denies England a comeback and earns a spot in the 2026 World Cup final against Spain. In a match in Atlanta, preceded by tension between the fans and national anthems being booed and followed on the field by a long series of fouls, serious play only begins in the second half, after a poor first half marked more by clashes and actual hits than by real plays.
At the start of the second half, the English took the lead with a quick counterattack finished by Gordon, followed by a vehement reaction from the Albiceleste who first hit the post with MacAllister and then, 5 minutes from the end, found the equalizer with a wicked shot from Enzo Fernandez, set up to equalize by the Argentine ‘Diez’. But it wasn’t over, another post from McAllister and another assist from Messi, this time a right-footed pass that in stoppage time put the ball on Lautaro Martinez’s head for glory.
