Beat 10 Argentine Players, Torres Brings Spain World Champion

JAKARTA - Spain must work hard to conquer 10 Argentine players in the 2026 World Cup final. In the match at the New Jersey Stadium, New York, USA, Monday, July 20, 2026 WIB, Spain won 1-0 through Ferran Torres' goal in extra time.

Spain finally became world champions for the second time. After winning the trophy at the 2010 World Cup, Spain did it again when defeating Argentina, the defending champion.

At the 2020 World Cup in South Africa, Spain defeated the Netherlands 1-0 with a goal from Barcelona star Andres Iniesta in the 116th minute of extra time.

Interestingly, the same situation happened in this year's final. Spain's victory was determined by Torres, who scored in the 106th minute of extra time. Coincidentally, this Torres also played for Barca.

Spain also won the doubles title. Previously, La Roja with the same coach, Luis de la Fuente won Euro 2024. In the final match, they won 2-1 over England who were ranked third in the 2026 World Cup.

In the previous era, Spain became the European champion in 2008 and then became world champion in the following two years. They even continued their success at Euro 2012 after returning to the championship.

Meanwhile, Argentina must end their luck at the World Cup. During the knockout round, Lionel Scaloni's team was more often blessed with luck. They are considered lucky to get rid of Egypt 3-2 in the 16th round. Likewise in the semifinals, Argentina should have lost to England. However, they were able to bounce back after falling behind 1-0 and turning to win 2-1.

The 2026 World Cup is also the last for Argentina captain Lionel Messi. Previously, Messi uploaded the Last Tango statement, which showed the end for the former Barca star who now plays at the US club, Inter Miami. Moreover, Messi seems to be unable to play full-time throughout the match.

He travels more than running because he has to play full in every game. Once Scaloni coach pulls Messi, the Argentine team's fighting spirit collapses immediately. This is what makes Messi always played full by Scaloni.

In that match, Spain completely dominated from the first minute. Only the barrage of attacks led by young star Lamine Yamal always crashed into the Argentine defense line.

An irony because Spain fired 20 shots on goal during the match with normal time. Meanwhile, Argentina didn't do it at all.

The situation got worse for Argentina when midfielder Enzo Fernandez got a second yellow card followed by a red card for a hard foul on defender Pau Cubarsi in injury time. Even though playing with 10 men, Argentina was still able to hold Spain 0-0 until the end of the match.

When entering extra time, Argentina did not change their strategy and could only defend. They finally came out of the nest and played offensively after conceding a goal by Torres. Receiving a pass from Nico Williams, he fired a hard shot into the goal that had been left by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

Previously, Spain was ahead when Williams took advantage of a rebound that goalkeeper Martinez failed to secure. Only Martinez acted injured even though he didn't have physical contact with Williams. However, the referee still canceled Williams' goal.

However, Spain finally completed the task after Torres broke the deadlock. He even had the opportunity to increase the lead by scoring a brace. However, the goal was annulled because the 25-year-old midfielder was declared offside.

Argentina actually got up but their attacks always met a deadlock. Until the end of the match, the score was 1-0 for Spain and did not change so they appeared as world champions.