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Spain vs Argentina changes the group map.
The result matters, but the viewing angle is how each side creates a reason to follow the next match too.
Spain must make control useful early.
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FIFA ranks are close. Either side winning is within expectation.
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It took 106 minutes and one moment from a substitute. Ferran Torres swept in Nico Williams' cutback in the second period of extra time, and Spain beat Argentina 1-0 at MetLife Stadium to win their second World Cup, sixteen years after their first. Argentina had played extra time a man down after Enzo Fernandez was sent off late in normal time, and Lionel Messi's likely last game for his country ended without a title to defend it.
It took 106 minutes and one moment from a substitute. Ferran Torres swept in Nico Williams' cutback in the second period of extra time, and Spain beat Argentina 1-0 at MetLife Stadium to win their second World Cup, sixteen years after their first. Argentina had played extra time a man down after Enzo Fernandez was sent off late in normal time, and Lionel Messi's likely last game for his country ended without a title to defend it.
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- SummaryFerran Torres' extra-time winner sends Spain past 10-man Argentina to a second World Cup title; Messi's final ends in defeat
It took 106 minutes and one moment from a substitute. Ferran Torres swept in Nico Williams' cutback in the second period of extra time, and Spain beat Argentina 1-0 at MetLife Stadium to win their second World Cup, sixteen years after their first. Argentina had played extra time a man down after Enzo Fernandez was sent off late in normal time, and Lionel Messi's likely last game for his country ended without a title to defend it.
#Summary#Spain#Argentina#Final - PreviewThe block France couldn't break: can Messi's Argentina crack Spain in the final?
Spain shut out France 2-0. Argentina came from behind to beat England 2-1, Messi setting up both goals. Now they meet for the title on Sunday afternoon in New Jersey — 4am Monday in Japan — the reigning European champions against the reigning world champions, and, by the June rankings, the world's No 2 side against its No 1. Spain have conceded once in the whole knockout stage. The question is whether Argentina can do the thing France could not.
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