Every World Cup needs a cult hero: 2026 has given us touchline dreamboat Sebastián Beccacece
Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images (Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images)Aaron TimmsTue, June 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC·7 min readAn underrated pleasure for spectators at every World Cup is observing the managers. Luis de la Fuente is a veteran wealth manager at Banco Santander. Japan’s Hajime Moriyasu is about to go postal at his dreary office job in a Kiyoshi Kurosawa film.
- ▪Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images (Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images)Aaron TimmsTue, June 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC·7 min readAn underrated pleasure for spectators at every World Cup is observing the managers.
- ▪Luis de la Fuente is a veteran wealth manager at Banco Santander.
- ▪Japan’s Hajime Moriyasu is about to go postal at his dreary office job in a Kiyoshi Kurosawa film.
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