March's Finalissima will not take placeUEFA have announced that this month's Finalissima encounter between Spain and Lionel Messi's Argentina will not go ahead. The fixture was scheduled to take place at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar on 27 March. However, considerable uncertainty surrounded whether it would proceed as planned, with the Middle Eastern country having been targeted by Iranian attacks amid their continuing conflict with the USA and Israel. "The first option was to stage the match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on the original date with a 50:50 split of supporters in the stadium. This would have provided a world class setting, befitting of such a prestigious event, but Argentina refused.

Source: Express March 15, 2026 13:24 UTC