{"id":217770,"date":"2026-07-20T14:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/spain-beat-lionel-messis-argentina-to-win-world-cup-for-second-time-live-reaction-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:19:15","slug":"spain-beat-lionel-messis-argentina-to-win-world-cup-for-second-time-live-reaction-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/spain-beat-lionel-messis-argentina-to-win-world-cup-for-second-time-live-reaction-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain beat Lionel Messi\u2019s Argentina to win World Cup for second time: Live reaction – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a1CAMPEONES DEL MUNDO POR SEGUNDA VEZ! ⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com\/IbkSFwOqgy<\/a>
These are the incredible scenes in Valencia last night as Spanish World Cup celebrations started and surely continued well into the small hours.
Valencia put on a show after Spain were crowned FIFA World Cup Champions 🎆<\/p>\n

(via @Pableraso<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/13YEPEndlb<\/a>
Celebrations from last night's victory continued late into the night in Madrid and across Spain<\/strong> \u2014 and no doubt we'll see more of the same today as the team arrives back home.
We'll keep bringing you the reaction from Spain's triumph over the course of the day.
Describe this tournament in three words.<\/em>
Nancy Froston:<\/strong> \u201cSuper-sized. Chaotic. Blockbuster.\u201d
Max Mathews:<\/strong> \u201cIntense. Controversial. Bizarre.\u201d
George Ramsay:<\/strong> \u201cMessi. Bathed. Yamal.\u201d
Austin Green: <\/strong>\u201cFootball. Bloody hell.\u201d
Liliana Michelena: <\/strong>\u201cChaotic. Tear-jerking. Enough.\u201d
Michael Dominski: <\/strong>\u201cNever-ending. Thrilling. Muppets.\u201d
Ed Mackey<\/strong>: \u201cExciting. Excellent. Expensive.\u201d
What do you want to see change in 2030?<\/em>
Nancy Froston: <\/strong>\u201cLess posturing towards politicians. From Messi being made to wear a bisht while lifting the World Cup in 2022 to Donald Trump lurking beside Spain\u2019s trophy presentation this year, politics has been far too visible during the tournament\u2019s biggest moments. It will not change, but we can dream.\u201d
Max Mathews:<\/strong> \u201cNo hydration breaks unless they are strictly necessary \u2014 and no advertising during them. No unnecessarily punitive visa restrictions on foreign supporters. No political interference with the action on the pitch. No dynamic pricing. I could keep going. How long have you got?\u201d
Austin Green:<\/strong> \u201cHopefully the heads of state of 2030 co-hosts Spain, Portugal and Morocco do not try to pressure Gianni Infantino into overturning any controversial decisions against their players. That would be nice.\u201d
Liliana Michelena: <\/strong>\u201cLess politics, less shameless cosying up to power, less sports industry, more sport. Good luck with that, though.\u201d
Michael Dominski: <\/strong>\u201cAs much fun as the additional teams brought to this tournament, I would love to see the group stage return to a format in which only the top two sides in each group advance. That would require either reducing the field to 32 teams, which will never happen, or expanding it to 64 \u2026 \u201d
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World CupFIFA WorldCup 2026AdvertisementliveUpdated 9m agoSpain defeated Lionel Messi\u2019s Argentina in extra time to win the 2026 World Cup.Substitute Ferran Torres struck in the second half of extra time to secure Spain\u2019s second World Cup after a disappointing Argentina were reduced to 10 men.The defending champions did not register an attempt on goal until the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}