Spain’s Ferran Torres scored the only goal of the finalImage Credit source: Getty Images
Ferrán Torres, Player of the Final: Everyone is attracted by how glittering the world of football looks and how much the players who make it shine earn. But most of the players who rule the world of football reach here after going through some struggle in their initial days. There are some people who start preparing themselves at a young age. Spain’s Ferran Torres is one such player, who started playing at the age of 6 and made his country Spain world champion at the age of 26.
Ferrán’s only goal of the final
On Sunday, July 19, in New Jersey, America, when the Spain team was continuously failing to score Argentina’s goal, then ferran torres changed the story. In the very first minute of the second half of extra time, which was the 106th minute of the match, Ferran Torres made a explosive shot with his left foot, which penetrated Argentina’s defense and its surprised goalkeeper and shook the net of the goal.
This was the only goal of this match, which came from Torres’ foot. This one goal was enough to make Spain the World Cup champion. Spain won the World Cup for the second time by defeating Argentina 1-0. The special thing is that in this final, Torres did not even get a place in the starting-11 and he was on the bench. Then in the 61st minute of the match, the Spanish manager decided to field him, which ultimately proved to be correct.
Player of the match in the final
But even before scoring the goal, 26-year-old striker Torres had started making his impact in the match. In the beginning, one of his attempts also failed, which went near the goal. But he did not make any mistakes in extra time. Overall, Torres touched the ball 21 times in this match, out of which 7 times were in Argentina’s box. Torres fired 3 shots at Argentina’s goal, 2 of which were exactly on target. Even though he was not successful once, he scored a goal in the second attempt. He was chosen Player of the Match for this game changing performance.
Started playing at the age of 6
Ferran Torres was born and grew up in a small town in Valencia, Spain. His family was very simple, where he was mainly raised by his mother. Torres never spoke openly about his father but he remembers his grandfather especially fondly. Torres once told that he started playing at the age of just 6 years. Then his grandfather taught him the intricacies of the game many times, with whom he used to play in the courtyard of the house.
Practice by making dog a goalkeeper
But not only grandfather, he also often played with his dogs, where he used to make the dog a goalkeeper and then try to score a goal. Torres had once said that it was sometimes difficult to score goals in front of dogs. But this is what helped him become a good striker. Then as soon as he started growing up, he got admission in the Academy of Valencia. From here his journey started, which soon turned into an international career. Torres, who has played for English club Manchester City, has been playing for Spain’s Barcelona since 2022. After making his debut for Spain in 2020, he has played 65 matches so far.
