Spain v Argentina · OurXI

★ The storyline

Spain are world champions

Read it again slowly: Spain have won the World Cup. They beat Argentina 1–0 in the final, and everything this family shouted at a screen all summer just turned into the story you'll be telling for the rest of your lives. Champions of the world.

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Spain: the whole run, the whole way

From the group stage to the last kick of the summer — Spain went the whole way. A family that followed every minute of it now owns the best ending football can write. World champions.

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Argentina bow out

And there it ends. Argentina fall to Spain, and a summer of following them is over. It stings now — but what a ride it was, and there's no shame in going out swinging.

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Spain win it in extra time

All square after ninety, and still nobody blinked — until Spain struck in the 106th minute against Argentina in the final. Extra time does strange things to legs and nerves; theirs held. Heartbreak one end, bedlam the other.

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Argentina bow out

And there it ends. Argentina fall to Spain 1–0 in the final, and a summer of following them is over. It stings now — but what a ride it was, and there's no shame in going out swinging.

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Spain Crowned World Champions: Torres Delivers in Extra Time

Spain claimed their second World Cup title with a tense final victory over Argentina at the New York/New Jersey Stadium, settling the contest in extra time. Ferran Torres proved the decisive figure, breaking the deadlock to secure Spain's triumph and cap off a summer to remember in North America. The final matched two of world football's heavyweights in a contest that went beyond ninety minutes, underlining the quality on display at the 2026 tournament.

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Source: foxnews.com

Why it matters

Ours are out — Argentina in the final. One match for the whole thing.

Who to watch

★ Emerging star

Lamine Yamal

Spain

The teenage spark lighting up the attack and the one everyone will be watching.

★ Ours · Talisman

Lionel Messi

Argentina

Still the gravitational centre of this side, the man around whom every Argentine hope orbits.

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Spain are through to the last 32

Spain are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.

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Argentina are through to the last 32

Argentina are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.

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Argentina march on through the semi-finals

The run is real. Argentina are into a World Cup final, and a family that has followed them all summer is starting to believe. One more. Then we talk about it for the rest of our lives.

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Argentina snatch it late

Right at the death. Argentina found the winner deep into stoppage time against England in the semi-finals — the kind of goal that empties the lungs of a living room. Heartbreak one end, bedlam the other.