“They scored 8 goals against me in Qatar; in the next World Cup I want to reduce it to 4 or 5”, said Dibu Martínez with the confidence of someone who already knows he is a winner.
The folklore did not last long. Argentina’s National Team ended up conceding NINE goals at the 2026 World Cup, one more than in the previous edition, and they ended up losing the final to Spain.
And as if that were not enough, among those nine was the best goal of the tournament, passing right by the goalkeeper who had promised the opposite.
In football, you can talk about tactics, opponents, strategy… but never about results ahead of time. The pitch, once again, had the final say.