For about ten days now, the FIFA World Cup has emerged from its usual four-year hibernation to captivate minds as only it knows how. More than a week after the opening of the year's biggest sporting event, passions are still struggling to ignite with the usual fervor that accompanies one of sport's great ceremonies. This characteristic enthusiasm reached one of its most memorable peaks on June 22, 1986, unfolding in two unforgettable moments. That day, football became the stage for an artistic performance that can be summed up in one name: Diego Armando Maradona. Forty years later, the 2026 World Cup edition still seems reluctant to offer us such unique instants, like the one Maradona transcended with undeniable brilliance. Those who were at Mexico's Azteca Stadium had the privilege of witnessing five sublime minutes of Maradona's genius, an achievement now magnified by the internet. This context gave the day's matchup, Argentina versus England, another dimension: one shaped by the Falkland War four years earlier, when the British forcibly retook the islands claimed by Argentina. It was against this backdrop that Maradona became a hero to avenge his nation. A few epic minutes were enough to devastate the English. The first highlight came when he used his hand, rising above English goalkeeper Peter Shilton's head to score what he himself called the goal of the "Hand of God." An eternal instant that preceded the "goal of the century," initiated by a slalom run from the other half of the field, piercing through England's entire defense and finding a finish that even impressed the vanquished. Now, forty years on, as these words are written, the 2026 World Cup still searches for its defining moment. The matches already played struggle to remain in memory as vividly as those five minutes of June 22, 1986. A contrast that might vindicate Bergson, for whom lived durations are not equal: a few seconds of intense experience can weigh more than weeks of succession. Will this World Cup find its moment that transcends time and etches itself into memory? It has until July 19 to find it.