The Spanish national team won the World Cup title, defeating the Argentine national team 1-0 in the final match. This is the second title for the Spanish team; the first came in 2010, when they became world champions.
The match was generally fought with a small advantage for the Spanish. They could have scored several times towards the end of the match. In added time after a foul by Hernandez, Argentina was left in the minority.
In the first extra period, the Spanish managed to score. Still, the referee canceled Miko Williams’ goal for a foul in the attack. But at the beginning of the second added time, the Spanish pressed the Argentine goal, and Ferran Torres scored a goal in the 106th minute, which was counted by the referees. A few minutes later, he scored another goal, but the referees did not count it because he was offside.
Messi’s team could not fight back, and Argentina lost, while Spain won the World Cup for the second time in history.
Argentina were the reigning world champions before this match, while Spain won the last European Championship. This is the first time in history that the reigning world and European champions have met in the World Cup final.