The Panini album: in which the World Cup debuted, which was the most difficult statuette and other curiosities

The beginning of a new one world Cup and, as is tradition since the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, also the arrival of a new one Panini stickers albumthe only company licensed to produce them.

This will be a world atypical in which, for the first time in history, will be played between November and December due to the high temperatures that Qatar records between June and July, months in which the tournament is traditionally played.

For this reason, the arrival of a new one world cup sticker albumwhich usually goes on sale in March, three months before the competition starts.

However, the 90-day difference between the release of the collector’s carton and the start of the championship will be maintained, since Sandwiches officially announced the release of the album for the August 24 in the United States. Although a date for the rest of the countries has not been confirmed, it is estimated that it will be similar to that of the North American country.

With factories throughout Europe, Brazil and Argentina, Sandwiches is the company in charge of launching the album for sale since its agreement with International Football Association (FIFA) before the start of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

At that time the figures were not yet self-adhesive, which changed for the 1974 World Cup in Germany. Since its first release, the album has been a success among the youngest, but also among the adults, who return every four years to feel the adrenaline and the thrill of completing it.

Although it has not yet been officially communicated how many stickers will have to be obtained to complete the album and taking into account the 682 necessary to fill the one for Russia 2018, it is expected that they will be between 650 and 800.

Curiosities about the World Cup album and its difficult figures

The arrival of the album and the fury among the fans also gave rise to the famous “difficult stickers”those that came out in a very low percentage of envelopes and that very few had the chance to get.

The most emblematic case was that of the Zaire defender Albert Mwanza Mukombo at the 1974 World Cup in Germany, which is cataloged by many as the “impossible figure”like the one of September Maiergoalkeeper of Germany in the World 78.

On the other hand, when looking at all World Cup album you can find players who, for various reasons, in the end did not participate in the championship.

This was the case with Juan Román Riquelme ahead of the 1998 World Cup in France, after Daniel Passarella left him out of the squad. The same thing happened to Jorge Valdano in 1990 and Javier Zanetti at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships, among many others.

Next, a review of the Argentine footballers who were inside the world album, but that in the end they were not part of the list called.

• 1974: Norberto Alonso, Roque Avallay and Luis Galván.
• 1978: Hugo Alves.
• 1986: Juan Barbas, Miguel Ángel Russo and Ubaldo Fillol.
• 1990: Jorge Valdano, Nestor Clausen and Luis Islas.
• 1994: Gustavo Zapata and Carlos MacAllister.
• 1998: Hernán Diaz and Juan Roman Riquelme.
• 2002: Javier Saviola
• 2006: Juan Sebastián Verón, Andrés D’Alessandro, Walter Samuel and Javier Zanetti.
• 2010: Javier Zanetti and Esteban Cambiasso.
• 2014: Ever Banega.
• 2018: Ramiro Funes Mori and Mauro Icardi.

The price of the World Cup album

Although we have not officially published the number of stickers that will have to be obtained to complete the album, nor the value that each package will have, it can be estimated that each envelope would be between 80 and 100 pesos.

For example, the album “Road to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022” by Sandwiches he had offers of 20 envelopes for 1,600 pesos, which leaves a value of 80 pesos per package.

For its part, currently Sandwiches has for sale the album “Argentine Soccer: Professional League”, in which he offers an offer similar to that of the Road to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, as well as having one of 40 packages and a 3,540 pesos album, which leaves a value of about 90 pesos per envelope, without taking into account the cost of the album.

Similarly, through social networks, a Colombian account has disclosed what the prices would be World Cup Register there: 3,500 Colombian pesos (105 Argentine pesos) per envelope.