Spain walked away from the steel cage match of a final as 1-0 victors.
His goal in the 116 th minute against the Netherlands is the latest match-winning goal in a FIFA World Cup final.Īs if the theatrics of a title-winning goal in overtime weren't already enough, it marked the only score of the game.
To get its fingers around the prize, Spain relied on midfielder Andres Iniesta’s record-breaking heroics. It completed the exorcism of decades’ worth of underachievement that began with the Spanish conquest of Euro 2008. The last World Cup saw La Furia Roja crowned as champions, the nation’s first time lifting the trophy. Um, don’t tell that to 2010 World Cup champion Spain.Īs part of our weeklong preview for this month’s World Cup in Brazil, we’ve already looked at a number of records from the tournament’s history, including the fastest sending off in a World Cup match yesterday.īut today we travel to the other end of the spectrum. “For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, he writes not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.” One of the most famous quotes in sports reads as such: Today: Andres Iniesta saves Spain with the latest match-winning goal in a FIFA World Cup final To get you in the mood for this summer’s tournament, in the week leading up to kick-off, we’ll be taking a look back at the stories behind some of the most significant world records set on the beautiful game’s biggest stage. Please contact us for subscription options.The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is almost upon us. Sweden also lost in their only World Cup final appearance.Īnadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Then-Czechoslovakia and Hungary both advanced to the final two times, but failed to claim the trophy. The Netherlands last lost to Spain in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Their second chance came in the very next tournament in 1978, when they lost to the hosts Argentina. The Dutch football team managed to advance to the World Cup, first in 1974 against hosts West Germany. The Netherlands have historically been one of the more exciting teams to play in the World Cup but they have never won the title despite three final appearance. While Germany and Brazil participated in the finals a total of 15 times, their only match against each other in the World Cup final was in 2002, when Brazil won 2-0.Īrgentina and Uruguay both won the tournament twice, while England, France and Spain brought home the trophy once. While Germany enter the tournament as the reigning World Cup champions, Italy failed to book their ticket to Russia after being eliminated by Sweden in qualifying playoff matches. Germany and Italy are just behind Brazil, winning the title four times. They last won in 2002, when the tournament was held in South Korea and Japan. The tournament's history saw the title going to only two continents so far, with five European countries and three South American countries winning.īrazil is won the most World Cup titles (five). The FIFA World Cup is the most coveted title in football, with only eight countries winning the trophy in 20 tournaments.
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