The 2026 anthem of the reigning champions, "La Cuarta Estrella" (The Fourth Star), referring to the fourth title Argentina is chasing, lists off the themes that loom large over the clash in Atlanta, Georgia.Unsurprisingly, the Falkland Islands, a windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic that Britain occupied in the 19th century but which Argentina claims as part of its territory and over which the two fought a war in 1982, topped the list."For Malvinas, for Diego, for Leo's (Messi's) last, Argentina, I want to see you double (back-to-back) world champions," goes the song, using the Argentine name, Malvinas, for the Falklands."I'm going crazy, I haven't slept, I can't think of anything else," Ezequiel Murmis, a 33-year-old teacher, told AFP as he left a screening of "El Partido", a documentary about Argentina's historic World Cup quarter-final win against England in 1986.The South Americans won 2-1 thanks to Maradona's self-described "Hand of God" goal -- in fact he punched the ball into the net.Maradona, who died in 2020, followed that controversial goal with a superb individual effort, weaving through the mesmerized England players, that has been dubbed the Goal of the Century.Ernesto Alonso, who fought in the Falklands War, which ended with 649 Argentines and 255 Britons dead and victory for Britain and then prime minister Margaret Thatcher, downplayed the importance of that conflict in Wednesday's game."In a way, Maradona already avenged us in 1986," he said. "Of course we're all excited and want to win but we cannot shift the responsibility for the Malvinas issue onto the national team."Falklands loom large