Borja Iglesias, striker for Celta de Vigo and the Spanish national team, opened Instagram this Sunday and found something he could not ignore. There were hours left until the 2026 World Cup final against Argentina at MetLife Stadium, and the available tickets showed figures that not even a professional footballer considers normal.
He shared the screenshot unfiltered: the cheapest ticket was around $9,000. The most expensive, nearly $50,000. According to SeatGeek data, the average resale price reached $12,751, higher than that recorded for the 2024 Super Bowl.
“It’s a disgrace”, Iglesias wrote, summing up in three words what many fans had been denouncing for weeks. While Spain was preparing to play for the title at 21:00, thousands of supporters were still doing the math to find out whether they could afford to see their national team live.