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Super-Sub Nico Williams Gives Spain Wings in World Cup Final

Summary by Hindustan Times
An ultra-defensive Argentina had kept 19-year-old Lamine Yamal in check on the right wing. That was until Williams took over on the other flank.

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·Rome, Italy
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Getty Images - Nico Williams experienced the happiest day of his life on Sunday, winning the World Cup with Spain in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The Athletic Club winger was decisive in the final against Argentina, assisting Ferran Torres on the goal that gave the Spanish national team its second world title. The victory came after a nightmare year marked by injuries that almost prevented him from participating in the tournament. Will…

World Cup champion Nico Williams dedicated his gold medal, won after the final, to his mother, who emigrated from Ghana to Spain in 1994, crossing the Sahara Desert to start a new life.

Nico Williams couldn't replicate his Euro 2020 form, but he didn't need that exceptional version of himself to be important. The Athletic Club winger channeled his inner Cesc Fàbregas, assisting Ferran Torres for the game-winning goal that secured Spain's second World Cup title. Williams arrived at the tournament carefully managed after a very difficult season. Injuries had plagued him throughout the year, but he wasn't going to miss such an imp…

Nico Williams, world champion along with Unai Simón and Aymeric Laporte, is a colossal footballer played, in addition, by a magic wand in the most decisive moments. Specialist in great finals, the end of the Athletic arrived in time to his appointment with the glory in the final of the World Championship against Argentina, the most important match in the international framework, by catapulting the Spanish team to the absolute ecstasy with a assi…

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La Repubblica broke the news in Rome, Italy on Sunday, July 19, 2026.
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