The Spanish national team was crowned champion of the 2026 World Cup, after achieving a valuable victory over its Argentine counterpart with a goal without a response after extra time, in the final match that was held on Sunday evening at **New York/New Jersey** stadium, so that “La Roja” won the second world title in its history after its first coronation in 2010.
The Spanish national team imposed its advantage from the first minutes, and almost opened the scoring early through Lamin Yamal, but the goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez blocked the attempt, before Lionel Messi responded with a dangerous attack, but Unai Simon intervened at the right time and saved his goal.
Spanish control continued during the first half, amid clear possession and opportunity creation, while the Argentine national team failed to pose a real threat to Spain’s goal, and suffered a painful blow with the injury of defender Lisandro Martinez, who left the field before the end of the first half.
And in the second half, he continued “La Roja” exerted his offensive pressure, and Martinez excelled in stopping the attempts of Alex Baena, Dani Olmo, and Lamine Yamal, and Ferran Torres and Pau Cobarce also wasted opportunities, while Argentina’s suffering increased after Enzo Fernandez was sent off in stoppage time after receiving the second yellow card, so the regular time ended in a goalless draw.
During extra time, the Spanish team maintained its advantage, and the referee disallowed a goal. to Nico Williams due to a mistake at the beginning of the attack, before the decisive moment came in the 106th minute, when Nico Williams transferred the ball into the penalty area, and Ferran Torres followed it up with a powerful shot into the net, scoring the only goal of the match.
The Argentine national team tried to come back in the last minutes, but the Spanish defense withstood all attempts until the final whistle, so that “La Roja” won the second world title in its history, and ascended the throne of world football again after 16 years after his first coronation in the 2010 World Cup.