{"id":14032,"date":"2026-07-20T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/?p=14032"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:45:14","slug":"spain-crowned-fifa-world-cup-2026-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/spain-crowned-fifa-world-cup-2026-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Crowned FIFA World Cup 2026 Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain etched their name into football history by defeating defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final on <strong>19 July 2026<\/strong> at <strong>MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA<\/strong>. Scheduled to kick off at <strong>3:00 PM EDT (10:00 PM Bahrain time)<\/strong>, the match experienced a slight delay before getting underway, eventually producing one of the tournament&#8217;s most dramatic finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a tense 90 minutes without a goal, substitute <strong>Ferran Torres<\/strong> became Spain&#8217;s hero by scoring the decisive winner in the <strong>106th minute<\/strong>, securing <strong>La Roja&#8217;s second FIFA World Cup title<\/strong>. Spain controlled much of the match through their trademark possession-based football, with <strong>Rodri<\/strong> delivering another commanding midfield performance, while teenage sensation <strong>Lamine Yamal<\/strong> consistently threatened Argentina&#8217;s defense with his pace and creativity. Goalkeeper <strong>Unai Sim\u00f3n<\/strong> and defenders <strong>Marc Cucurella<\/strong> and <strong>Pau Cubars\u00ed<\/strong> also produced outstanding performances to preserve the clean sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina, led by <strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong> in what is widely expected to be his final World Cup appearance, battled valiantly throughout the contest. Goalkeeper <strong>Emiliano Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> kept his side in the game with a series of crucial saves, but Spain&#8217;s relentless pressure finally proved decisive. The victory marked the culmination of an impressive campaign for Spain, who eliminated Portugal, Belgium, France, and Argentina en route to lifting football&#8217;s biggest prize and beginning a new golden era under head coach <strong>Luis de la Fuente<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain etched their name into football history by defeating defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":312,"featured_media":14035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[164,150,95],"tags":[963,962,960,155,964,968,967,252,970,965,959,961,969,966],"class_list":["post-14032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-football","category-sports","tag-argentina","tag-ferran-torres","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-football","tag-la-roja","tag-lamine-yamal","tag-lionel-messi","tag-powerup-city","tag-powerup-city-bh","tag-rodri","tag-soccer","tag-spain","tag-world-champions","tag-world-cup-final"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14036,"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032\/revisions\/14036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.powerup.city\/bh\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}