New Jersey, July 20 -- Spain midfielder Pedri celebrated his country's FIFA World Cup 2026 triumph by revealing that the moment had been written long before the final, sharing a social media post that referenced a cryptic prediction he made more than a year ago.

The Barcelona star posted a picture of himself kissing the World Cup trophy on X after Spain's 1-0 extra-time victory over Argentina and wrote, "It was written! 1 9 0 7 2 6. The day when an entire country's dream comes true. The day when we are WORLD CHAMPIONS."

The numbers carried special significance. On June 10 last year, Pedri had posted "1 9 0 7 2 6" on Instagram without any explanation, a sequence that fans later interpreted as July 19, 2026 -- the date of the FIFA World C...