Spain’s World Cup champions return to Madrid for open-top parade and King’s reception

Madrid: Spain internationals Pedri Gonzalez and Dani Olmo shared heartfelt messages for supporters after La Roja clinched their second FIFA World Cup title, thanking fans for their unwavering support throughout the tournament and during the victory celebrations. Spain defeated defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the FIFA World Cup 2026 final to lift their second World Cup crown.Midfielder Dani Olmo expressed his gratitude after joining thousands of fans in celebrating the historic triumph."Still speechless! Huge thanks to everyone for joining us in yesterday's celebrations and especially throughout the entire World Cup period," Olmo wrote on X.Esta segunda estrella no se explica sin vosotros.Un día que recordaremos toda la vida.Gracias por todo vuestro cariño, y por estar siempre con nosotros.VAMOS ESPAÑA ⭐️⭐️❤️ pic.twitter.com/lTQ0vJ10jl— Dani Olmo (@daniolmo7) July 21, 2026 Spain's victory marked the country's second FIFA World Cup title, ending Argentina's hopes of defending the trophy after an extra-time win in the final. The triumph sparked jubilant celebrations across Spain, with players and fans commemorating La Roja's memorable World Cup campaign."And above all, my greatest success, MY PEOPLE. We share the dreams and we share the journey," Pedri Gonzalez wrote on X.Y por encima de todo, mi mayor éxito, MI GENTE Compartimos los sueños y compartimos el camino ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/EeJ19v1Q0W— Pedri González (@Pedri) July 21, 2026 Spain secured the title after substitute Ferran Torres scored the decisive goal in the 106th minute, reacting quickest to Nico Williams' headed assist to hand La Roja a 1-0 victory after extra time.Luis de la Fuente's side dominated the final, controlling possession and creating the better opportunities, while Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez produced 12 saves to keep his team in the contest before Torres finally broke the deadlock.The victory earned Spain their second FIFA World Cup crown, ending a 16-year wait since lifting their maiden title in 2010, and completed an unbeaten campaign that followed their UEFA Euro 2024 triumph.(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Spain's World Cup Hero Rocks 'Make Spain Great Again' Hat Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Spain are the world champions again. Ferran Torres came off the bench and smashed home the only goal of the 2026 World Cup final in the 106th minute against Argentina. The next day, as the open-top bus rolled through Madrid and nearly two million Spaniards packed the streets, the hero of the final stood shirtless, draped in the national flag, and wearing a bright red baseball cap that read "Make Spain Great Again." The image spread instantly. It was impossible to miss the deliberate echo of President Donald Trump's signature slogan. Trump himself had been on the pitch the night before at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, presenting the trophy and medals to Spain's players after their hard-fought 1-0 extra-time victory. Torres later said of the winning goal: "I think in the end the goal came from 47 million people, not just those of us that are here. Today destiny was written, it was made for us to win. We're far from our people today but we tried to be as close as possible to them." ?BREAKING: Spanish footballer, Ferran Torres, wore a "Make Spain Great Again" cap at their World Cup celebration The far-left Spanish government does NOT represent the people! ?? pic.twitter.com/8eYnve2x1Y — Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) July 20, 2026 The far-left government of Pedro Sánchez does not speak for those 47 million. Many Spaniards are fiercely patriotic. They do not like what is being done to their country. ?? | Ferrán Torres con su gorra de «Make Spain Great Again» durante la celebración del Mundial en Madrid. pic.twitter.com/qvo9kpNhl1 — ???Q??s (@herqles_es) July 20, 2026 While the players celebrated a second World Cup title, the same government that waved them off continues to flood Spain with mass illegal immigration, grant amnesties to hundreds of thousands of undocumented arrivals, and watch as public services buckle and crime statistics turn ugly. In April, Sánchez's socialists pushed through a royal decree granting legal status, work permits, and benefits to roughly half a million illegal migrants - potentially as many as 800,000. The result was immediate chaos. Thousands of military-aged men swarmed consulates in Madrid, Bilbao, and Almería, clambering over security gates and forming kilometre-long queues to obtain the paperwork needed for the amnesty. Registry offices across the country collapsed under the pressure. Migrants camped overnight. Local officials reported daily requests at social services centres jumping from 1,500 to 5,500 in Madrid alone. Municipal unions warned of "extraordinary pressure" and deteriorating service quality. One official, Jose Fernandez, said bluntly: "I think a hasty decision was made, perhaps even intended to create a collapse." Days later the scenes grew more extreme. Crowds of undocumented migrants stormed the Gambian embassy in Madrid, scaling walls and fences in desperation to secure documents under the same regularisation process. Patriots who dared to protest the amnesty were met with violence. In Granada, roughly 40 left-wing extremists tried to shut down a Vox rally. Red paint was thrown, police formed cordons, and Vox leader Santiago Abascal had to confront the mob himself. "They are preventing us from carrying out this act freely," he said. Abascal has repeatedly described the policy as an "invasion" that is accelerating the "thirdworldization" of Spain. "Tomorrow this chaos will move to the health centres, to the social services, to the real estate agencies... It's already happening. Our priority is to reverse it, radically." Sánchez defends the amnesty as "an act of justice and a necessity." In a letter to citizens he claimed migrants "already form part of our everyday lives" and insisted Spain "is the daughter of migration and will not become the mother of xenophobia." Globalist money man Alex Soros publicly praised him, declaring the move showed "what real leadership looks like" and adding, "We need more elected leaders like him!" Ordinary Spaniards see something very different. A July 2025 poll for El Mundo found 70 percent support mass deportation of illegal immigrants - including majorities of Socialist voters. Support reached 92 percent among Popular Party voters and 89 percent among Vox supporters. The crime data explains why. Foreigners in Spain commit five times more rapes and four times more murders per capita than Spanish citizens. They make up 31 percent of the prison population. In Catalonia, migrants - 17 percent of the population - account for 91 percent of convicted rapists. Rape reports nationwide have tripled in six years, from 1,878 in 2019 to 5,206 in 2024. Over the last decade the increase stands at 322 percent, far above the EU average of 150 percent. This is the Spain that Ferran Torres and his teammates returned to as champions. A country whose people still wave the flag, still fill the streets in the millions for a national team victory, and still remember how to sing songs the authorities would prefer they forgot. During the Euro 2024 semi-final against France, Spanish fans joined others in belting out a controversial melody that UEFA had tried to ban because right-wing crowds had turned it into an anthem against mass migration. The contrast could not be sharper. On the pitch and in the streets of Madrid, Spaniards celebrated national excellence and belonging. In the corridors of power, the Sánchez government continues to prioritise open borders, globalist applause, and the steady erosion of the very identity that produced a world-beating football team. President Donald J. Trump presents the World Cup Trophy to Spain, the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup Champions! ? pic.twitter.com/SHsoBhYm1b — The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 19, 2026 Trump, who handed over the trophy, later said of his interactions with Spanish officials: "I spoke to Spain and I congratulated them on having a great team. I really spoke to a lot of people. I have no tension with him. I have no tension with anybody." ? PRESIDENT TRUMP ON PEDRO SÁNCHEZ: "I spoke to Spain and I congratulated them on having a great team. I really spoke to a lot of people. I have no tension with him. I have no tension with anybody." pic.twitter.com/bQIYrbtW4f — America News (@AmericaPartyX) July 20, 2026 The tension that matters is not between presidents. It is between a far-left elite that treats national identity as an embarrassment and a people who still know what it means to make Spain great again. Torres did not need a press conference. The red cap said enough. For millions of Spaniards watching their services strain, their streets change, and their crime statistics climb, the message landed exactly as intended. Your support is crucial in helping us defeat mass censorship. Please consider donating via Locals or check out our unique merch. Follow us on X @ModernityNews. Tyler Durden Tue, 07/21/2026 - 23:25

Madrid: Celebrations continued in Spain on Monday following the country's second World Cup triumph, with Ferran Torres' injury-time winner against Argentina on Sunday earning him a place alongside Andres Iniesta, who scored the decisive goal in the 2010 final. Beyond the honour of adding a second star to the national team shirt, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the 26 players in the squad also have significant financial reasons to celebrate. Winning the 2026 World Cup earned the RFEF 50 million U.S. dollars in prize money from FIFA, while the federation also stands to benefit from increased sponsorship revenue. The Spanish national team is backed by 35 companies across sectors including travel, insurance, telecommunications, sportswear, energy, food and beverages, reports Xinhua.Spain's status as world champion is also expected to boost the value of its television rights, while sales of replica shirts have already surged across the country. The team's off-white away shirt is now virtually sold out in Spain, with demand also likely to rise internationally.'Tears Of Emotion...': Amitabh Bachchan Reacts To Spain's FIFA World Cup 2026 Triumph, Pens Emotional Note For Lionel Messi The triumph also means a substantial payday for the players, each of whom is set to receive a bonus of 756,000 euros (about 863,000 dollars), in addition to a World Cup winner's medal and ring.Spanish press celebrate World Cup successSpain's 1-0 victory over Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final on Sunday night has been widely celebrated in the Spanish press.Ferran Torres scored the winner in extra time as Spain finally turned its dominance into victory against an opponent that only began to attack after falling behind and failed to register a shot on target in more than 120 minutes of football.Sports daily Marca led with the headline "Superstars," while Barcelona sports dailies Mundo Deportivo and Sport kept things simple with the headlines "Champions" and "Two-Time Champions," respectively.Lamine Yamal's 3-Year-Old Brother Runs To Celebrate Spain's World Cup Win In Adorable Viral Video Among the general-interest newspapers, El Mundo proclaimed "Our boys are on top of the world", while El País simply ran with "Champions" and highlighted that Argentina "barely created any danger."Spanish media also criticised Argentina for the post-match brawl. Marca reported that "a punch from (Argentina defender) Nahuel on Rodri was the cause of the fight between (Leandro) Paredes and (Spain duo) Eric Garcia and Gavi," which marred the scenes after the final whistle.(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Spain’s newly crowned FIFA World Cup champions on Monday arrived back in Madrid, where a million fans are expected to greet them after a night of raucous celebrations across the country. Spain captain Rodri held the World Cup trophy aloft at the top of the stairs as he descended from the Iberia plane that flew the team home from the United States after clinching their second star. Spain’s 1-0 victory over Argentina in New Jersey on Sunday, secured by a Ferran Torres strike in extra-time, has sparked an outpouring of national pride in the football-mad country, whose only other World Cup triumph came in 2010. Many younger supporters were not yet born when Andres Iniesta’s extra-time goal against the Netherlands secured Spain’s first World Cup in South Africa 16 years ago. On Monday morning, the Castellana, Madrid’s main avenue, bore the marks of a boozy evening — the tarmac strewn with trash, beer cans and shards of glass. Among the last remaining supporters, some slept with grins on their faces on the pavement or on benches, while others were still staggering home as cleaning crews worked from the early hours to prepare the route for tonight’s party. “I didn’t sleep much, because… (of) the celebration and then the tension of the match — I think it was a little more difficult for all of us to fall asleep,” Madrid mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida told RNE radio. After landing, the players will be received by King Felipe VI at Zarzuela Palace, on the outskirts of Madrid, according to the mayor. The team will then be met by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the government headquarters, La Moncloa. Spain’s World Cup winners will enjoy an open-top bus parade, starting at Moncloa and heading to Cibeles square, the central government’s representative in Madrid, Francisco Martin, told Spanish public television. A ceremony involving the players will then be held at the square, the traditional gathering point for celebrations by the Spanish national team and its supporters. Around one million people are expected to line the parade route, with additional security and transport measures planned to handle the crowds, Martin said. Some supporters, who already had only a short night’s sleep, are planning to celebrate again, like Bruno Gonzalez del Yerro, a 32-year-old financier. “We’ll have to celebrate it one way or another, given that it only happens every four years and that Spain hadn’t won it for about [16] years now — it definitely deserves a party,” he said. Spain’s women’s side won the World Cup in 2023, meaning for the first time a country has both trophies at the same time. In 2030, Spain will defend their crown on home soil, as one of the World Cup hosts along with Portugal and Morocco. Spain’s World Cup celebrations were not just heard across the country – they were felt underground. Spanish World Cup celebrations detected by seismic sensors Seismometers dotted around Spain detected vibrations caused by fans erupting in joy after Ferran Torres’ goal in Sunday’s final secured the national team’s second World Cup title, scientists said on Monday. Researchers from the Geosciences Barcelona centre analysed data from the National Geographic Institute (IGN) and the Catalan Geological and Cartographic Institute (ICGC), which showed unusual signals linked to the celebrations in cities including Algeciras, Barcelona, Cadiz and Granada, they said in a statement. The sensors picked up three clear bursts of activity during the match: after Torres’ goal, a later strike that was ruled out by VAR and the strongest vibration recorded after the final whistle. Scientists said the movements were an example of “induced seismicity” caused by human activity — in this case, thousands of fans jumping, shouting and celebrating at once. Sensors detected comparable vibrations during Spain’s Euro 2024 final victory over England, when goals by Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal triggered measurable ground movements in Madrid and Barcelona. ‘All-time’ kings The Spanish press was running out of superlatives to describe its heroes after they overcame favourites France in the semi-finals before downing Argentina. “The kings of all-time!” wrote Marca, celebrating a “second star that will now be stitched onto the Spanish jersey after yet another masterclass in collective play”. On a tragic note, a 13-year-old boy was killed around midnight in the town of Ciudad Rodrigo in the west, after a fountain crumbled under the weight of supporters who had climbed onto it to celebrate. In Buenos Aires, the initial silence after defeat was striking, and then the tears came once the reality sank in, their hopes of a fourth World Cup were dashed, but hundreds of thousands of people are expected to greet the team on their return at 5pm local time (1am PKT Tuesday). After more than five weeks of competition with the expanded format and 48 teams, only Spain and Argentina were left standing by the 104th and final match. The 2022 champions, despite the presence of all-time great Lionel Messi, failed to create clear chances against Spain’s well-organised and more positive side. Enzo Fernandez’s red card left Argentina with their backs pinned to the wall and Barcelona forward Torres slammed home after fellow substitute Nico Williams teed him up. “It’s not my goal, it’s the goal of 47 million people,” said Spain’s match-winner. Messi had a sensational World Cup but drifted through the final like a ghost, shedding tears at the end. In Madrid, tears will also flow on Monday night, but tears of joy.

MADRID, Spain (AFP)—Spain's newly crowned World Cup champions on Monday arrived back in Madrid, where a million fans are expected to greet them after a night of raucous celebrations across the country. Spain captain Rodri held the World Cup trophy aloft at the top of the stairs as he descended from the Iberia plane that flew the team home from the United States after clinching their second star. Spain's 1-0 victory over Argentina in New Jersey on Sunday, secured by a Ferran Torres strike in extra-time, has sparked an outpouring of national pride in the football-mad country, whose only other World Cup triumph came in 2010. Many younger supporters were not yet born when Andres Iniesta's extra-time goal against the Netherlands secured Spain's first World Cup in South Africa 16 years ago. On Monday morning, the Castellana, Madrid's main avenue, bore the marks of a boozy evening -- the tarmac strewn with trash, beer cans and shards of glass. Among the last remaining supporters, some slept with grins on their faces on the pavement or on benches, while others were still staggering home as cleaning crews worked from the early hours to prepare the route for tonight's party. "I didn't sleep much, because... (of) the celebration and then the tension of the match -- I think it was a little more difficult for all of us to fall asleep," Madrid mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida told RNE radio. After landing the players will be received by King Felipe VI at Zarzuela Palace, on the outskirts of Madrid, according to the mayor. The team will then be met by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the government headquarters, La Moncloa. Spain's World Cup winners will enjoy an open-top bus parade, starting at Moncloa and heading to Cibeles square, the central government's representative in Madrid, Francisco Martin, told Spanish public television. A ceremony involving the players will then be held at the square, the traditional gathering point for celebrations by the Spanish national team and its supporters. Around one million people are expected to line the parade route, with additional security and transport measures planned to handle the crowds, Martin said. Some supporters, who already had only a short night's sleep, are planning to celebrate again, like Bruno Gonzalez del Yerro, a 32-year-old financier. "We'll have to celebrate it one way or another, given that it only happens every four years and that Spain hadn't won it for about (sixteen) years now -- it definitely deserves a party," he said. Spain's women's side won the World Cup in 2023, meaning for the first time a country has both trophies at the same time. In 2030 Spain will defend their crown on home soil, as one of the World Cup hosts along with Portugal and Morocco. - 'All-time' kings - The Spanish press was running out of superlatives to describe its heroes after they overcame favourites France in the semi-finals before downing Argentina. "The kings of all-time!" wrote Marca, celebrating a "second star that will now be stitched onto the Spanish jersey after yet another masterclass in collective play." On a tragic note, a 13-year-old boy was killed around midnight in the town of Ciudad Rodrigo in the west, after a fountain crumbled under the weight of supporters who had climbed onto it to celebrate. In Buenos Aires the initial silence after defeat was striking, and then the tears came once the reality sank in, their hopes of a fourth World Cup were dashed, but hundreds of thousands of people are expected to greet the team on their return at 5:00 pm local time (20:00 GMT). After more than five weeks of competition with the expanded format and 48 teams, only Spain and Argentina were left standing by the 104th and final match. The 2022 champions, despite the presence of all-time great Lionel Messi, failed to create clear chances against Spain's well-organised and more positive side. Enzo Fernandez's red card left Argentina with their backs pinned to the wall and Barcelona forward Torres slammed home after fellow substitute Nico Williams teed him up. "It's not my goal, it's the goal of 47 million people," said Spain's match-winner. Messi had a sensational World Cup but drifted through the final like a ghost, shedding tears at the end. In Madrid, tears will also flow on Monday night, but tears of joy.