{"id":40140,"date":"2026-07-21T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40140"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:58:02","slug":"spain-unites-in-joy-at-second-world-cup-crown","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/spain-unites-in-joy-at-second-world-cup-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain unites in joy at second World Cup crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Thousands danced in the streets, set off fireworks and launched red \u200bflares in Madrid as the party went on into the early hours of Monday after Spain beat Argentina \u200c1-0 to win the World Cup.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Waving red and gold flags, Spaniards and fans from around the world watched as La Roja realised the dream of winning the trophy for the second time following an extra-time goal by Ferran Torres in New Jersey.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I drove here from Barcelona in order to see the game with the fans here \u2060in Madrid because I am from Barcelona. And tomorrow we\u2019ll wait for the players here to celebrate with them,\u201d he \u200btold Reuters.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Islem took a flight from Tunisia to Madrid to cheer on Spain in the Spanish capital.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI know it was worth \u200bit and I knew they would win, Viva Espana,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Alvaro, who had come from Malaga to Madrid to watch the game on a giant screen was overcome by Spain&#8217;s victory.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I am so happy. It\u2019s so beautiful!,\u201d he said early on Monday morning.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After a tense match that \u200bwent to extra time, fans exploded in joy in cities and towns across Spain as the final whistle blew in New \u200bYork.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In Barcelona, where many of the Spain team play for the La Liga champions, revellers set fireworks off and partied on the beaches \u200cat \u2060the start of what promised to be a long night of celebrations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Spain fans waved flags and cheered in the streets of the neighbourhood where Spain&#8217;s teenage forward Lamine Yamal grew up.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40141,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,20],"class_list":["post-40140","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Thousands danced in the streets, set off fireworks and launched red \u200bflares in Madrid","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40142,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40140\/revisions\/40142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}