Spain win the World Cup — Spain 1–0 Argentina

Spain beat Argentina 1–0 at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, July 19, 2026 to win the World Cup.

The goals

• 106' — Ferran Torres (Spain)

How it unfolded

1. —•First Half begins.
2. 25'•Delay in match for a drinks break.
3. 27'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
4. 41'•Lisandro Martínez (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
5. 44'•Substitution, Argentina. Nicolás Otamendi replaces Lisandro Martínez because of an injury.
6. 45'+4'•First Half ends, Spain 0, Argentina 0.
7. 45'•Substitution, Argentina. Leandro Paredes replaces Nico González.
8. 45'•Second Half begins Spain 0, Argentina 0.
9. 52'•Leandro Paredes (Argentina) is shown the yellow card.
10. 58'•Substitution, Argentina. Nahuel Molina replaces Gonzalo Montiel.
11. 62'•Substitution, Spain. Ferran Torres replaces Mikel Oyarzabal.
12. 62'•Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Fabián Ruiz.
13. 67'•Delay in match for a drinks break.
14. 67'•Delay in match for a drinks break.
15. 70'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
16. 70'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
17. 70'•Substitution, Argentina. Facundo Medina replaces Cristian Romero because of an injury.
18. 70'•Substitution, Argentina. Giuliano Simeone replaces Rodrigo De Paul.
19. 75'•Substitution, Spain. Nico Williams replaces Álex Baena.
20. 75'•Substitution, Spain. Mikel Merino replaces Dani Olmo.
21. 82'•Enzo Fernández (Argentina) is shown the yellow card.
22. 90'+2'•Cristian Romero (Argentina) is shown the yellow card.
23. 90'+3'•Second yellow card to Enzo Fernández (Argentina) for a bad foul.
24. 90'+3'•Delay in match because of an injury Pau Cubarsí (Spain).
25. 90'+5'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
26. 90'•First Half Extra Time begins Spain 0, Argentina 0.
27. 98'•Delay in match because of an injury Emiliano Martínez (Argentina).
28. 99'•Substitution, Spain. Martín Zubimendi replaces Rodri.
29. 99'•Substitution, Spain. Eric García replaces Aymeric Laporte.
30. 99'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
31. 102'•Substitution, Argentina. Marcos Senesi replaces Julián Alvarez.
32. 105'+3'•First Half Extra Time ends, Spain 0, Argentina 0.
33. 105'•Second Half Extra Time begins Spain 0, Argentina 0.
34. 106'⚽Goal! Spain 1, Argentina 0. Ferran Torres (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nico Williams with a headed pass.
35. 111'•Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36. 117'•Delay in match because of an injury Mikel Merino (Spain).
37. 118'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.

How they arrived

• Spain: 7W 3D 0L in their last 10 — 70% win rate, 17 scored and 3 conceded.
• Argentina: 10W 0D 0L in their last 10 — 100% win rate, 29 scored and 7 conceded.

The head-to-head

These sides had met 5 times before. Spain lead 3-2.

• 2018-03-27 — Spain 6–1 Argentina (2018 International Friendly)
• 2010-09-07 — Spain 1–4 Argentina (International Friendly)
• 2009-11-14 — Spain 2–1 Argentina (International Friendly)
• 2006-10-11 — Spain 2–1 Argentina (International Friendly)
• 1966-07-13 — Spain 1–2 Argentina (1966 FIFA World Cup)

The people vs the result

Before kickoff, 8 fans voted on this page: Argentina 75% · Spain 25%. The crowd backed Argentina, and got it wrong.

Full match statistics

Team records

Sources

• 2026 FIFA World Cup Final — live match data

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