Ferran Torres misses Spain's biggest chance in World Cup opener
Spain struggled in its World Cup opening match against Cape Verde and went 60 minutes without scoring, despite being the reigning European champion. The team produced several missed chances before the most glaring one arrived in the 39th minute.
In that move, Marc Cucurella made an excellent run and headed the ball into Ferran Torres’s path. Torres, standing in the middle of the six-yard box about four meters from goal, sent his shot off the crossbar.
The miss was quickly amplified online, where it was described as the tournament’s biggest so far. One post on Football Tweet said, in effect, that Torres had earned the title of the World Cup’s missed chance of the tournament, calling it “a chance that simply must not be missed.” The report was published by Sport 5 on June 15, 2026, at 20:25.
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