Spain has won the FIFA World Cup 2026 title. In the final it defeated Argentina 1–0. The only goal of the match was scored by Ferran Torres in extra time. This is Spain’s second World Cup title.
new Jersey [यूएस]July 20 (ANI): Spain forward Ferran Torres has dedicated his World Cup-winning goal to the entire country. His extra-time goal against Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2026 final on Sunday (local time) gave the team a 1-0 win.
Hours after helping La Roja (the Spanish team) win their second World Cup title, Torres shared photos of his defining moment on X and wrote, “This goal is for the whole country.” This was the 26-year-old player’s only goal of the tournament, which proved to be the most important. His brilliant finish in the 106th minute in a tense final played at MetLife Stadium dashed Argentina’s hopes of defending the title and gave Spain its first World Cup trophy since 2010.
Torres’ goal also brought back memories of Andres Iniesta’s historic extra-time goal against the Netherlands in the 2010 final, which gave Spain its first World Cup. Torres contributed one goal and one assist, playing in all eight matches of the tournament, with his only goal becoming the most memorable moment of Spain’s campaign.
Argentina played with 10 players
Despite Spain’s dominance, the final remained deadlocked for 90 minutes. Emiliano Martínez made several brilliant saves to keep Argentina in the match. He parried efforts from Dani Olmo, Torres and Pau Quibarsi as Spain continued to look for a goal.
Argentina’s troubles worsened in stoppage time when Enzo Fernández received a second yellow card for a late tackle on Cubarsi and was sent off the field. After this the defending champion had to play extra time with 10 players.
The thrill of extra time and Torres’ historic goal
Spain thought they had the winning goal early in extra time when Nico Williams fired the ball into an empty net, but the goal was ruled out due to a foul in the build-up.
Spain finally got the breakthrough after six minutes. Williams won an aerial duel and put the ball into the path of Torres. The forward reacted quickly and hit the ball into the roof of the net from close range.
The goal sealed a 1–0 victory, giving Spain their second FIFA World Cup title and extending Luis de la Fuente’s team’s unbeaten streak to a European record 38 international matches.
For Torres, whose tournament was becoming more about hard work than goals, the final provided the perfect platform to make his defining contribution – a contribution that ensured his name would forever be etched among Spain’s greatest World Cup heroes. (ANI)
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