"It was like a school: the kids in front and the kids behind. He sat in the front row," Luis de la Fuente recalled a few weeks ago in an interview with the newspaper The Guardian. He was talking about Lionel Scaloni. They met in 2017 as professor and student in the Spanish federation's coaching courses for ex-elite players and will meet again this Sunday in the World Cup final. The Spanish national team, reigning European champions, and the Argentine national team, current world and South American champions, will fight for a historic title. It will be an exciting double duel, between Leo Messi and Lamine Yamal on the pitch and between De la Fuente and Scaloni on the bench.