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1 — 0 Jul 20, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Argentina

World Cup · Round final

Venue New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Referee Slavko Vinčić

Attendance 80,663

Player of the Match Emiliano Martínez 8.8 120' played

Match Events

41' Away Lisandro Martínez

44' Away ↔ Nicolás Otamendi → Lisandro Martínez

HT

46' Away ↔ Leandro Paredes → Nicolás González

52' Away Leandro Paredes

58' Away ↔ Nahuel Molina → Gonzalo Montiel

62' Home ↔ Ferran Torres → Mikel Oyarzabal

62' Home ↔ Pedri → Fabián Ruiz

70' Away ↔ Facundo Medina → Cristian Romero

70' Away ↔ Giuliano Simeone → Rodrigo De Paul

75' Home ↔ Mikel Merino → Dani Olmo

75' Home ↔ Nico Williams → Álex Baena

82' Away Enzo Fernández

90 + 2' Away Cristian Romero

90 + 3' Away Enzo Fernández

FT

99' Home ↔ Martín Zubimendi → Rodri

99' Home ↔ Eric García → Aymeric Laporte

102' Away ↔ Marcos Senesi → Julián Álvarez

105' Away Lionel Scaloni ↗

106' Home ⚽ Ferran Torres — 1-0

111' Away Alexis Mac Allister

AET

Match Stats

65 35

Ball possession

2.29 0.22

Expected goals (xG)

20 2

Total shots

12 0

Shots on target

32 8

Touches in opposition box

4 0

Big chances

3 0

Big chances missed

763 (89%) 357 (77%)

Accurate passes

0 4

Yellow cards

9 4

Corners

Lineups

Spain (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Luis de la Fuente

Starting XI

23 Unai Simón 7.7

12 Pedro Porro 7.8

22 Pau Cubarsí 8

14 Aymeric Laporte 7.6

24 Marc Cucurella 7.6

16 Rodri 8.2

8 Fabián Ruiz 7.3

19 Lamine Yamal 7.8

10 Dani Olmo 7.1

15 Álex Baena 6.7

21 Mikel Oyarzabal 6.5

Substitutes

20 Pedri 7.7

7 Ferran Torres 7.4

6 Mikel Merino 6.6

17 Nico Williams 7.7

4 Eric García 6.2

18 Martín Zubimendi 6.6

1 David Raya

13 Joan García

2 Marc Pubill

5 Marcos Llorente

3 Alejandro Grimaldo

9 Gavi

11 Yéremi Pino

26 Borja Iglesias

25 Víctor Muñoz

Argentina (4-4-2)

Coach: Lionel Scaloni

Starting XI

23 Emiliano Martínez 8.8

4 Gonzalo Montiel 7

13 Cristian Romero 6.5

6 Lisandro Martínez 6.6

3 Nicolás Tagliafico 7.5

7 Rodrigo De Paul 5.9

24 Enzo Fernández 5.4

20 Alexis Mac Allister 6.5

15 Nicolás González 6.2

10 Lionel Messi 6.5

9 Julián Álvarez 6

Substitutes

19 Nicolás Otamendi 6.3

5 Leandro Paredes 6.4

26 Nahuel Molina 6.7

25 Facundo Medina 6.5

17 Giuliano Simeone 6.1

2 Marcos Senesi 6.1

12 Gerónimo Rulli

1 Juan Musso

14 Exequiel Palacios

11 Giovani Lo Celso

18 Nico Paz

16 Thiago Almada

8 Valentín Barco

21 José López

22 Lautaro Martínez