Spain vs Argentina 1-0 aet: Torres, 106th minute
Spain are world champions. Ferran Torres scored from a Nico Williams header. Extra time at MetLife.
Why this match matters
A World Cup final is the only match that can end a month. This one ended with Spain as champions for the first time since 2010, Argentina one goal short of back-to-back titles, and a substitute on the scoresheet.
What actually happened
19 July 2026, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford. Spain 1-0 Argentina after extra time. Ferran Torres scored in the 106th minute from a Nico Williams header. Torres had come on in the 62nd minute. He was named man of the match.
Regulation finished 0-0, the first goalless World Cup final since 1994. CBS reported Spain outshooting Argentina 20-3. FIFA said 20 attempts to two over 120 minutes. Argentina, reduced to ten after Enzo Fernandez was sent off, did not register a shot in normal time.
Emiliano Martinez made 11 saves, a World Cup final record, and still lost. Attendance 80,663. Referee Slavko Vincic of Slovenia. A brawl broke out after the whistle.
Spain conceded one goal in eight matches, a record for a champion. They became the first nation to hold the men’s and women’s World Cups at the same time.
What it changes
The 48-team tournament has a champion. The archive can close. Everything after this on MatchTales is the rest of the sports year.
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