The biggest tournament in sports kicks off tomorrow in North America as World Cup 2026 gets underway with Mexico taking on South Africa in Mexico City to start a five-week journey that will end with a champion crowned in New York/New Jersey on July 19.
And even though Barca Blaugranes is focused primarily on FC Barcelona — and we will continue to bring every important news item involving the Catalan club over the next five weeks — we will dedicate an important portion of our coverage to the tournament
as well.
We have decided, at least during the group stage, to dedicate the bulk of our coverage to three nations: Spain, Argentina, and Brazil. La Roja have the largest Barça contingent and the most beloved Blaugrana players in Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Gavi, and Co. We will give Spain the same treatment we give Barça: look out for detailed match previews, live threads, match recaps and post-match coverage the same way you’re used to seeing here during the season.
Argentina don’t have a current Barça player, but they have the biggest legend of them all in the GOAT: Lionel Messi will play his final World Cup looking to defend his 2022 crown, so he deserves our focus as well. There will be live threads and match recaps in the group stage, and an even bigger coverage if the Albiceleste advance deep into the tournament again.
Raphinha is Brazil’s only Barça representative but he gets a lot of attention from our readers, and because yours truly is Brazilian and will be fully focused on the Seleção anyway, Brazil’s matches will also get the live thread, match recap treatment.
What about the others? Don’t worry. Frenkie de Jong’s Netherlands, Jules Kounde’s France, Ronald Araujo’s Uruguay, Anthony Gordon and Marcus Rashford’s England, João Cancelo’s Portugal and Hamza Abdelkarim’s Egypt will also get our attention but at a smaller scale, but every important contribution from those players will be covered both in our main site and also in The Feed, which will be very active during the World Cup with highlights, reactions and more.
Our coverage will naturally evolve during the tournament depending on the activity and response from our readers and commenters, so what’s outlined above is our initial plan that will get adjusted accordingly. We encourage you to remain as active as usual on our articles, threads and Feed posts, and continue to make BB the best Barça community around — including in the World Cup.
Enjoy the party!
