World Cup 2026 preparations
The World Cup is in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Fans can collect stickers. Panini makes a big album. It has 112 pages. It fits almost 1000 stickers. 48 teams play at the tournament.
This is a new record. The album costs 2 Euro. A pack with 7 stickers costs 1.50 Euro. Collecting is expensive this time. A full album costs over 210 Euro. This does not count double stickers.
Stars and troubles in the teams
Many famous stars play their last tournament. This includes Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Lionel Messi is in the squad of Argentina. Nicolás Capaldo is also there. Argentina plays against Austria.
Other teams have problems. The team Curaçao has a bad situation. Their coach Fred Rutten left. The players want the old coach back. His name is Dick Advocaat.
Dick Advocaat is 78 years old. He is the oldest coach at a World Cup. Some German players are hurt. Marc-André ter Stegen and Serge Gnabry cannot play. But they are in the sticker album. The production started very early.
