Full time · July 19 · MetLife Stadium
World Cup Final — full time, goal by goal
Spain 1–0 Argentina after extra time. The full timeline is below — every goal, card and substitution as it happened, ending with Ferran Torres’ volley in the 106th minute.
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What happened
Ninety minutes settled nothing. Spain had twenty shots and Emiliano Martínez saved eleven of them, a World Cup final record. In stoppage time at the end of normal time Enzo Fernández collected a second yellow, and Argentina played all of extra time a man short. A minute into the second half of extra time Ferran Torres, on since the 62nd, volleyed the only goal of the night. The full match report →
Who they were
- 🇦🇷 Argentina — the defending champions, denied back-to-back World Cups, with Lionel Messi finishing his farewell tournament as a runner-up. Argentina’s story →
- 🇪🇸 Spain — European champions and now world champions, sixteen years after their first, having conceded one goal all tournament. Spain’s story →
The fan poll vs the real result
This is the payoff the page promised. Before kickoff the crowd here picked Argentina — Argentina 75%, Spain 25% across 8 votes.
The people got it wrong. Spain won it — Spain 1–0 Argentina — and the crowd had backed Argentina. Finals rarely listen to consensus, which is roughly what the odds pieces said beforehand too.
… and then, War of Soccer
This is the final War of Soccer was built for — and the game is out now: free, realistic 3D football you play right in your browser. World Cup Final day is War of Soccer day.