Marc Cucurella, the Spanish national team full-back, announced his fulfillment of his promise to get the strangest tattoo in football history if La Roja wins the World Cup.
Marc Cucurella
Club: Real Madrid
Cucurella had pledged before the tournament to tattoo his coach's face if Spain wins the title, which it did.
The Spanish national team defeated its Argentine counterpart 1-0 in the 2026 World Cup final in New York.
Cucurella posted a picture on his Twitter account of a drawing of Luis de la Fuente's face on his arm.
Cucurella captioned the photo: "I kept my promise."
Promesa cumplida 🤝 pic.twitter.com/Ugvv6VHszO@cucurella3
Cucurella played 8 matches with the Spanish national team in the World Cup and provided 3 assists.
Luis de la Fuente said at the press conference after winning the World Cup: "The players made a mistake by promising to tattoo my face if they win the World Cup."
He stressed jokingly, "But they are men who keep their word, and I expect them to fulfill their promise."
He added, "If you say something, you have to fulfill it. I'm not so terribly ugly that they would get the tattoo in a place that can't be seen."
The Spanish national team reached 38 consecutive matches without a loss, which means breaking the world record held by Italy.
The Spanish national team tied with France and Uruguay in the list of teams that have won the World Cup title with two titles each.
The Spanish national team achieved victory in its sixth final in history out of 7 it played, with 4 Euro titles and 2 World Cups.
The Spanish national team became the second team to win the title after defeating two former champions on its way (France and Argentina) in the tournament after Italy in 1982.
The Spanish national team became the first team to win the World Cup title while conceding the fewest goals with only one goal scored against Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Finally, La Roja became the first team in football history to collect the titles of the European Championship, the World Cup, and the Olympics together at the same time.
Lionel Messi lost the title for the second time in his career after the 2014 edition, and settled for only one title, 2022, which came at the expense of France.
