The Spain national football team is affected by the cancellation of the Finalissima that was to face the Spanish national team and the Argentine national team. According to the president of the Argentine Football Association, Claudio Tapia, the match could not be held because an agreement could not be reached with European authorities on the venue and date of the match. The Finalissima 2026 was scheduled for March 27 at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar. However, the security situation in the Middle East forced the cancellation of that venue and the search for an alternative in a very short time, which generated a series of negotiations between the AFA, UEFA and CONMEBOL. Tapia stated that one of the options proposed was to play the match at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid, but the AFA rejected that possibility because it considered it was not a neutral scenario. “We learned of the proposal through the media”, said the official, who insisted that the match should be played on equal terms for both teams. As an alternative, the South American football proposed to transfer the match to a neutral venue in Italy. Argentina accepted that option, but requested to change the date to March 31 due to calendar issues. UEFA, on the other hand, considered that reprogramming was not viable due to international commitments. In the face of the definitive lack of agreement on the place and day of the match, the European organization finally announced the cancellation of the match. In this way, the duel between the champions of the Copa América and the Eurocopa, which was to serve as a prelude to the 2026 World Cup, was suspended without a new confirmed date.