The Spanish national team won the World Cup

The Spanish national team beat the Argentine team in the final match of the World Cup and became a two-time winner of the tournament.

The match was held on Sunday in New York. The Spaniards snatched the victory in extra time with a score of 1:0. The ball was scored by Ferran Torres (106th minute). In compensated time for the second half, Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez received a second yellow card, he was removed from the field.

The Spanish national team played in the World Cup final for the second time and won the second victory. For the first time "red fury" won gold in 2010. The Spaniards caught up with the teams of France and Uruguay (two wins each). The record holder is the Brazilian national team (five championships), followed by the teams of Italy, Germany (four each) and Argentina (three). England became the world champion once.

The national team of Argentina, which resigned as world champion, played in the final for the seventh time in history. Albiceleste has three championships and four defeats in decisive matches. The Argentines repeated the anti-record of the Germans in terms of the number of defeats at the final stage.

The World Championship was held from June 11 to July 19. For the first time, 48 teams participated in the tournament, it was held in three countries: the USA, Mexico and Canada.

The next World Cup will be held in the year of the centenary of the first world championship. It will be accepted by Spain, Morocco and Portugal, but the first three matches will be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, which hosted the debut tournament in 1930. Spain will be the first country to host the World Championship as the current champion.