Spain needed an extra-time goal scored by substitute Ferran Torres to narrowly beat defending champion Argentina, who were playing with ten men, 1-0 and win the World Cup on Sunday.
Torres broke the deadlock early in the second half of extra time, shooting the ball into the goal after it rebounded to him, giving the defending European champions their second World Cup title.
The number of Argentine players decreased to 10 players after Enzo Fernandez was sent off after receiving a second yellow card in stoppage time of the second half.
The Argentines were helpless offensively and did not fire a single shot on or off target for 115 minutes.
At the age of 65, Spaniard Luis de la Fuente became the oldest coach to win a World Cup.
As for Lionel Messi, the 39-year-old captain of the Argentine national team, he became only the second player to participate in three World Cup finals, and he also became the oldest player away from the goalkeeping position to participate in the tournament final.
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