US President Donald Trump took center stage at MetLife Stadium on Sunday to hand the FIFA World Cup trophy to Spain's triumphant stars after their dramatic final win. The European outfit clinched their second World Cup title after beating Lionel Messi's Argentina 1-0 after extra time‚ following a late strike from forward Ferran Torres. Shortly after the full-time whistle‚ the US President made his way down to the field and onto a stage which had been constructed‚ along with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino.

Wayne Rooney said it best on the BBC. He described it as 'crap'‚ explaining: 'I thought the best part was when it finished.' In that moment‚ Rooney became a man of the match contender. Not many players for Argentina or Spain had performed better by that point‚ after all. The FIFA vanity project started long before this half-time show‚ of course. Those inside the MetLife Stadium could hardly hear the rather random pre-match speech from Tom Cruise because the Argentinian supporters in particular were singing over the American actor's words. Perhaps it was in protest at him not having parachuted on to the pitch. Could have even borrowed Donald Trump's Marine One helicopter that he flew in on. Therein lay the first of FIFA's many mistakes.

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Alan Shearer has branded FIFA's third-place play-off 'meaningless' ahead of England's meeting with France this evening. England's defeat by Argentina in Wednesday's semi-final ended their hopes of reaching Sunday's World Cup final against Spain in New Jersey. Instead‚ the Three Lions will travel to Miami to face France‚ who lost 2-0 to Spain on Tuesday‚ as the beaten semi-finalists conclude their campaigns in underwhelming fashion.

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Trump has taken centre stage on more than one occasion this World Cup‚ none more famously than when he intervened to have Folarin Balogun's red card suspended via a chat with FIFA president Gianni Infantino. He had also spoken about playing a round of golf with England captain Harry Kane‚ and went on to analyse the forward's positioning against Argentina in the Three Lions' semi-final defeat.

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An Argentina fan is believed to have revealed how he snuck the infamous flag claiming his country's right to the Falkland Islands into the stadium to give to the players - who paraded it for all to see after defeating England 2-1 in Atlanta. FIFA could yet hand the players who unfurled the banner on Wednesday evening a sanction ahead of their World Cup final against Spain on Sunday. But as per reports from Argentina‚ it was a fan who brought the incendiary article into Atlanta Stadium after smuggling in a bedsheet emblazoned with the slogan.

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