Spain is world champion again. La Roja beat Argentina 1-nothing in extra time Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, capturing their second World Cup title, sixteen years after their first. Substitute Ferran Torres scored the winner just 39 seconds into the second half of extra time, finishing off a feed from fellow sub Nico Williams.
The numbers tell the story of total Spanish control — 20 shots to Argentina’s two, 12 on target to zero, and an expected-goals mark of one-point-nine-four to just point-two-oh for the Albiceleste. Argentina played the final stretch a man down after Enzo Fernandez picked up a second yellow card late in regulation.
For Lionel Messi, it was a quiet, likely final World Cup match — just one shot the entire game. Argentina falls to four-and-three in World Cup finals, missing its shot at becoming the first repeat champion since Brazil in 1962.
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