The 2026 World Cup will be full of famous names no longer playing at the sharpest edge of European football. Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and others may still sell tickets, dominate weaker opponents and provide the tournament with its mythology. But the knockout stage is less sentimental. It does not reward memory, aura or golden contracts. It asks what is left when time, space and legs disappear.
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