Foot: l'Espagne championne du monde en battant l'Argentine 1 à 0
Spain won their second World Cup title on Sunday, defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final after extra time at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, near New York.
Ferran Torres, assisted by Nico Williams, scored the winning goal at the very beginning of the second period of extra time (106th minute), freeing Spain who had until then been thwarted by an ultra-defensive Argentina.
Sixteen years after their first title in South Africa, Spain, European champions in 2024, achieved the Euro-World Cup double and confirmed that they were back at the top of the football world.
Lionel Messi's Argentina, for its part, relinquishes its crown and loses its fourth World Cup final (1930, 1990, 2014 and 2026) against three victories (1978, 1986 and 2022).
Ferran Torres, who came on in the 62nd minute, thought he had doubled the lead, but his goal was disallowed for offside (114th minute). An earlier goal in extra time by Nico Williams was also ruled out due to a foul by Mikel Merino in the build-up (93rd minute).
Ferran Torres capitalized on La Roja's clear dominance (20 shots, 12 of which were on target), compared to only two for the Albiceleste, both at the very end of extra time.
Argentina, reduced to 10 men after Enzo Fernandez's dismissal just before extra time (90+3), didn't manage their first shot until the 117th minute. This is the first time in history that a nation has failed to register a single shot in regulation time of a World Cup final, according to statistics firm Opta.
The first period was very tight, with only three shots (two on target), the lowest total ever recorded at half-time of a World Cup final since 1966.
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