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Argentina vs. Spain: Betting the World Cup Final
It’ll be a 33rd meeting of the teams and the first since France knocked England out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
It is the largest guaranteed contract in the majors given to a pitcher with less than four years of service time.
The World Cup semifinal match between Argentina and England had storylines extending beyond Atlanta, all the way to the Falkland Islands.
Spain, meanwhile, are in their second ever World Cup final having won their first appearance in 2010 in the middle of what would become a EURO-World Cup-EURO title sandwich.
