Spain’s Defense, Torres Wins World Cup

Argentina, the reigning World Cup champion took on Spain in the World Cup Final in the New York City area. The intriguing part of this match is Lamine Yamal of Spain is against Lionel Messi of Argentina.

Spain would dominate possession early on in the match. The defense of Spain has been the highlight of the tournament so far, and it showed early in the first half of the match. The first half would end scoreless. In the second half, it was more of the same as Spain continue to dominate the possession, but was unable to break through. The match change in the late second half, as Enzo Fernández of Argentina received his second yellow card of the match in the 90th + 3rd minute after a dangerous foul and was red carded. Argentina would be down 10 men going into extra time.

 Spain would take advantage of this and in the 106 minute, Ferran Torres would score to make it 1-0. Spain would win the World Cup and likely ends Messi’s World Cup career. The greatest day in Spanish history since 2010.

Duke’s Moment of the Match

Torres’ goal and Spain’s defense will go down in Spanish history and will be immortalized.