# At the World Cup of superstars, a team take home the trophy | Sid Lowe

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/at-the-world-cup-of-superstars-a-team-take-home-the-trophy-sid-lowe/
- Published: 2026-07-19T23:05:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-20T00:15:09+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/20/world-cup-2026-final-spain-argentina
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Europe, Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- Spain beat 10-man Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win the World Cup.
- Ferran Torres scored the winner, 37 seconds into extra time's second period.
- Spain conceded only one goal all tournament, with seven different scorers.

## Summary

Spain won the 2026 World Cup, beating 10-man Argentina 1-0 in extra time in the final at New York New Jersey Stadium, with substitute Ferran Torres scoring the decisive goal. The victory capped an near-flawless tournament for the European champions, who conceded just a single goal throughout the competition, and is being framed as vindication for Spain's collective, system-driven style of football rather than reliance on individual stars.

Torres struck 37 seconds into the second period of extra time, converting Spain's 20th shot of the match from a knockdown following Pedro Porro's cross and a Nico Williams header, with the ball travelling at 102km/h into the net. He became the seventh different Spain player to score at the tournament, underlining the squad's strength in depth, and the goal arrived after Torres had earlier had a strike controversially disallowed by VAR against Saudi Arabia and hit the woodwork in matches against Cape Verde and Uruguay.

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