{"id":2328,"date":"2026-07-20T17:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:23:19","slug":"time-for-a-good-party-cucurella-revels-in-spains-world-cup-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/time-for-a-good-party-cucurella-revels-in-spains-world-cup-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Time for a good party&#8217;: Cucurella revels in Spain&#8217;s World Cup triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-23.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-23-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-23-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spain defender praised his side&#8217;s outstanding defensive display after they edged Argentina to become world champions for a second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Substitute Ferran Torres scored in the second period of extra-time as Spain finally broke down 10-man Argentina at the MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coach Luis de la Fuente&#8217;s team conceded just one goal in their eight games at the 2026 tournament &#8211; the fewest by any side in a World Cup-winning campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belgium were the only team to breach their defence during the quarter-finals in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When you don&#8217;t concede, I think it&#8217;s much easier to win,&#8221; said Cucurella, who has recently sealed a transfer from Chelsea to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve done an incredible job in that regard all tournament, and not just the defenders and the goalkeeper, because I think it&#8217;s a team effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Ultimately, it&#8217;s about everyone making sacrifices. We attack together and defend together. That&#8217;s one of the keys to this team.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 27-year-old left-back said Spain, who also won the World Cup in 2010, could at last switch off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Now it&#8217;s time to celebrate,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We came here with a goal, spent 50 days, or nearly 50, in camp, and now it&#8217;s time to be together, enjoy every moment, reminisce, and above all, switch off. I think we deserve a good party.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spain defender praised his side&#8217;s outstanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions\/2330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}