ADVERTISEMENT"It will be interesting to see the level of hype in the country and that doesn't happen like what happened in 1994, that after the World Cup soccer disappeared in the US," he said, referring to the first time the event was held in the country. They arrived at the last two World Cup finals, they won one and lost the other one. "I'm happy to see Barcelona winning titles and Madrid suffering," he said of the reigning Spanish champions. "You see so many times one team dominating and then the other team suffering, and the other way around. I think that Barcelona have a very good team, a very young team that wants to win."

Source: The Telegraph January 17, 2026 12:23 UTC