Spain hero Ferran Torres reacts after World Cup final winner: ‘Destiny was written’

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20 July 2026

Spain

hero

Ferran Torres

believes “destiny was written” for he and his side after scoring the winning goal in the

World Cup

final.

Torres powered home in extra time to give Spain

a deserved victory having dominated the deciding contest with

Argentina

, with the nation securing a second

crown.

Luis de la Fuente’s side are the reigning European champions and looked the most complete team throughout the tournament, with their manager admitting afterwards that they probably should have won the final sooner.

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Ferran Torres scored the winner in the final (Reuters)

It took until the 106th minute for

to finally take the lead, with

goalkeeper

Emiliano Martinez producing a string of fine saves.

He was powerless to stop Torres’ blast from close range, though, as the

Barcelona

forward converted Nico Williams’ header to secure a 1-0 win.

““I think in the end the goal came from 47m people [approximately the population of Spain], not just those of us that are here,” Torres said.

“Today destiny was written, it was made for us to win. We’re far from our people today but we tried to be as close as possible to them.

“Finals are hard. When you have [Lionel] Messi on the opposing team, you do get worried but we always backed ourselves and tried to show our football and I think we managed to do it once again.”

Argentina were reduced to ten men just before extra time began with

Enzo Fernandez dismissed for a second bookable offence

after clattering into Pau Cubarsi.

Luis de la Fuente felt his side should have won the final sooner (Getty)

The South Americans defended resolutely thereafter, but failed to create consistent chances against a Spanish defence that had proved strong across the

“The match should have been decided much earlier,” De la Fuente admitted. “But this is a

final and you have to dig deep even against ten men, and we’re prepared for anything.

““We had a game plan where the first idea was to keep

Messi

at bay but also other players away from our goal. Something very important was the attitude of our players. We were convinced it was our final and we wanted to go all out for this final. If it wasn’t for their keeper we might’ve had a larger win.”

Spain are also the holders of the Women’s

, with De la Fuente’s side success continuing a golden period for the nation’s footballers.

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