A big red speaker, Louis Vuitton trophy trunks and a tattoo bet – how Spain celebrated World Cup win

Spain’s latest World Cup triumph came with the kind of scenes that usually belong in a scrapbook, not a match report: a huge red speaker, branded trophy trunks, a tattoo wager and a captain timing his celebration to perfection.

According to a monitored public feed from The Guardian Football, Luis de la Fuente’s side were the tournament’s outstanding team by a margin, yet the mood inside the camp was not one of satisfaction so much as restless ambition. Even after lifting the trophy, the message was clear: this team already had one eye on “the next game in September”.

At the center of the story was Rodri Hernández, whose connection to Spain’s earlier World Cup success gave the celebrations a striking personal echo. On the night Spain won the title in 2010, Rodri was 14 and away at camp in Connecticut. He had been canoeing when Spain beat Germany in the semi-final, and for the final he persuaded a supervisor to let him watch alone on a mini-laptop in the staff hut. When Andrés Iniesta struck the winner in the 116th minute, he ran outside shouting, then circled the lake in celebration.

Sixteen years later, Rodri was back in the United States, not far from where he had watched that first triumph as a teenager. This time he was not alone. When Ferran Torres scored the decisive goal in the 106th minute, Rodri sprinted in celebration toward the corner where the rest of his football family had gathered. After the final whistle, he collected the trophy and waited briefly for Donald Trump to step away from center stage before lifting it himself.

The feed also pointed to the lighter side of the post-title mood. Among the details highlighted were a large red speaker, Louis Vuitton trophy trunks and a tattoo bet, small but vivid symbols of a squad that appeared fully at ease with its own success. The presentation of the trophy, the long-awaited lift and the surrounding pageantry all added to the sense that Spain’s latest victory was both a sporting milestone and a cultural moment.

Yet for all the celebration, the prevailing tone remained forward-looking. De la Fuente’s players may have been clearly ahead of the field, but they were not lingering on what they had already won. The focus, the feed said, had already shifted to the next fixture in September.

This report is based on a monitored public feed and attributed to The Guardian Football. Source: The Guardian Football - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/20/a-big-red-speaker-louis-vuitton-trophy-trunks-and-a-tattoo-bet-how-spain-celebrated-world-cup-win