Ferran Torres says Oyarzabal’s World Cup final prediction was right | OneFootball

Ferran Torres says he still replays his World Cup final winner against Argentina at least once every day. Focus had been on Mikel Oyarzabal, Spain’s top scorer and the Euro final match-winner, yet the decisive moment fell to the PSG forward.

According to Diario Vasco, Torres reflected in a video on the 19 July final, settled 1-0 in extra time. He came on in the 62nd minute for Oyarzabal, with Argentina down to 10 at the end of normal time after Enzo Fernández’s dismissal, then struck in minute 106 from a Lamine Yamal cross flicked on by Nico Williams.

Torres said Oyarzabal had long told him he would be the one to score. He added that Marcos Llorente and Marc Pubill had echoed the hunch, and that the trio were among the first to reach him at full-time.

He admitted he almost cried as he sprinted to the corner, the sight of team-mates surging towards him hitting harder than the finish itself.

He felt he would be important that afternoon, though he accepts few expect a final to hinge so late. Just before shooting he sensed a hush, as if only he and the ball existed, a feeling that recalls Andrés Iniesta’s famed reflection after Spain’s first world title.

Source: Diario Vasco

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