In the short story of the famous Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges “El Aleph”, the homonymous character is a mystical point in space that contains all the other points of the universe, which allows whoever looks into it to see every place on Earth from every angle simultaneously without distortion.According to the giant of Latin American literature who died on June 14 in 1986 – eight days before Maradona’s two legendary goals against England at the World Cup in Mexico that Argentina will win – a man is both the victim and the flow of his destiny.this sunday, Lionel Messi – the Aleph in the football atmosphere of Argentina – he will look for the infinite in the finished in the same place in New Jersey where, lonely and defeated a decade ago, he had decided to leave the game. The flow of his destiny has brought him this far and drawn us in through its rhapsodic and redemptive surface.However, Spain will be there, looking for their own moment of truth in this dream space and put Messi’s journey in two parallels in this World Cup final. On the one hand, here is a country that has put a clean bow on the process of making Messi complete; on the other hand, there is a challenger who will be more than eager to cook the executioner’s goose in an engaging immersion in the reverie in which we can only see ourselves.If it continues to be a point of painful ambiguity in the narrative, it also becomes the central driving force of the contest because it always transports us into a new possibility.This is a finale that speaks Spanish, but it is more than a contest, rich with a banquet of emotional turmoil and charm while allowing for so many subplots and such a stimulating confluence of ideas layered on top of each other.Never in the history of the World Cup have the reigning winners of the Copa América met the European champions in a final. The “Finalissima” between the two continental kings was canceled in March due to the war in the Gulf. But it’s happening now on the biggest stage and with the biggest stakes.This contest is also bursting with a number of possibilities.The pass-heavy Spanish tiki-taka with all his fluidity and imagination that had consumed France’s ambitions in the semi-final, will now meet his match in the counter-attacking attitude of La Scaloneta and never say die. This is also careful with another convenient narrative that takes stock of its past and present. The collectivism of Spain – “Simply being ourselves as a team”, as De la Fuente said – is now against the game of Argentina for Messi joie de vivre.Spain are unstoppable after being unbeaten in normal or extra time for 37 games. Argentina, themselves on a 14-match unbeaten streak, will provide them with the final test. It remains to be seen how Messi and his entourage will fare against Marc Cucurella, Fabian Ruiz and Rodri in a complex odyssey across the landscape of aspirations of two teams.Football is often played with a degree of mysticism that makes it even fold in on itself. In 2017, when Lionel Scaloni was in the coaching academy of the Spanish football association, he found in a Luis de la Fuente a teacher from whom he was more than happy to learn the trade.The two coaches, who stand on the touchline and lead their teams to immortality, may now be tempted to reflect on their shared past.