Spain vs. Argentina live updates: Security lines a disaster at World Cup Final

Here is Argentina’s starting lineup for the World Cup Final:

And here is Spain’s starting lineup:

Fans and members of the media have been trapped in a nightmarish scenario trying to enter MetLife Stadium for the World Cup Final.

“We’ve been in line for 2 hours for the x-ray to ENTER the stadium,” wrote exasperated El Globo TV reporter Mariana Spinelli on X.

“Everything disorganized, a total chaos. If this were in South America, they’d call us animals, third-world country. Since it’s in the US nobody says anything. A nightmare of organization, pathetic.”

Those stuck in the chaos said the long lines at least partly stemmed from the Secret Service ensuring security ahead of President Trump’s arrival.

Fans have been dealing with FIFA system glitches, too, according to Sky Sports.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will be among the local leaders attending the World Cup finals match between Argentina and Spain at the MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Hochul, who served on the NYNJ Host Committee, said she was looking forward to the game and was confident about the security in place as President Trump and other elected officials and celebrities gather ahead of kick off.

“We have been preparing for this for literally over a year, over 1,000 exercises, table-topping all the scenarios,” she told CBS’s “Face the Nation on Sunday.” “I feel very confident in our security, and we’re so happy to welcome the eyes of the world.”

President Trump is set to leave his Bedminster, NJ, residence Sunday afternoon and head to the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina at MetLife Stadium.

He will be the first sitting president in US history to attend a World Cup final game. Sunday’s match-up starts at 3 p.m.

After the big game, he will fly back to the White House.

Fans began lining up as early as 4:30 a.m. Sunday outside Rockefeller Center to get into a World Cup finals watch party hosted along with FIFA and Telemundo. 

Rockefeller’s iconic ice rink in Manhattan has been transformed into a soccer pitch — and had already drawn hundreds of people by late morning trying to get in to watch the live broadcast of Argentina vs. Spain at 3 p.m. EST.

“I didn’t know they’d be out here at 4 a.m. in the morning for a 3 p.m. soccer game,” said a nearby doorman around 51st Street and Fifth Avenue, adding that people starting lining up at 4:30 a.m.

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The watch party is offering spots on a first-come, first-serve ticket basis ahead of the 3 p.m. EST match. 

Jonathan Williams Lebron, 48, a Yankee fan who traveled from Puerto Rico to see his favorite team play the LA Dodgers on Sunday at 12:35 p.m., said he and his partner stumbled on the event, grabbed tickets for it — and hoop to make it back from watching baseball in The Bronx in time to see the soccer.

“I came to watch the game between the Yankees and the Dodgers, and I found this mess of people, and now we’re here enjoying it,” he said. “We came yesterday to pick up the bracelets.”

A fan named Dan who came from England for World Cup events said he didn’t mind waiting for hours in line to get into the watch party.

“We’re English — we’re used to queueing,” he quipped.

The stars will be out both on the field and in the stands for Sunday’s World Cup Final.

Actor Tom Cruise has already arrived at MetLife Stadium ahead of the 3 p.m. start.

Here we are, 103 matches later.

The biggest sporting event on the planet takes place Sunday at 3 p.m. at MetLife Stadium when Spain faces Argentina in the World Cup final. After five wondrous weeks across three countries and 16 cities, featuring Scots drinking and Cape Verdean joy, English angst and Norwegian rowing, it is the first final in history to feature the reigning European champion against the reigning South American champion.

Spain has cut a clean path to the final, outscoring opposition 13-1 across seven games while rarely looking at serious risk. Argentina relied on last-minute heroics to beat Cape Verde, Egypt and England, and needed extra time to get past Switzerland, and yet has retained an aura of invincibility all the same.

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The World Cup final will mark the first time the two players have ever competed against each other on the pitch, but their connection goes back much further.

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Should Spain win, Iglesias will be one of the players who will shake President Donald Trump’s hand after the match.

However, Iglesias is no fan of the president and made it known while he talked to the Spanish media on Saturday.

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