Zaragoza has taken to the streets this Sunday long before the ball rolls in the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina. From the Plaza de España to Calle Alfonso, passing through Don Jaime and ending in the Plaza del Pilar, the city centre has been dyed red and yellow on an afternoon marked by flags, national team shirts (white rather than red), vuvuzelas and the chants of the fans. The atmosphere is that of the great football events, with thousands of people already concentrating around the three giant screens installed in the Plaza del Pilar, where musical entertainment and activities have also been organized to liven up the wait.
The expectation grows as the duel that will face two generations of world football approaches: the young Lamine Yamal and the eternal Leo Messi. The match, which will start at 9:00 p.m., can give Luis de la Fuente’s team its second star, sixteen years after that historic conquest in South Africa 2010. In the streets of the center, the excitement and nerves of a fan base that dreams of touching the sky again and that knows that the last obstacle is precisely Messi’s Argentina.
The sweltering heat this Sunday is also boosting hospitality activity in the heart of Zaragoza. Many bars in the Plaza del Pilar, Calle Alfonso and its surroundings have taken out outdoor bars and reinforced terraces to meet a demand that does not stop growing as the time of the meeting approaches.
