India, July 20 -- Spain have become World Cup football champions for the second time in history by beating reigning champions Argentina 1-0 in Sunday's final in New York New Jersey.
Although Spain dominated the game from start to finish, they had to wait until the 106th minute to finally find a way past Emiliano Martinez. The Argentina goalkeeper made a series of saves to thwart La Roja but had no chance when Nico Williams nodded down a Pedro Porro cross at the far post and Ferran Torres scored the decisive goal.
Defending champions Argentina had lost Enzo Fernandez to a second yellow card at the end of normal time yet they battled to the end. However, Spain found the answer in extra time.
This World Cup final was a showdown between the ...