{"id":550727,"date":"2026-07-20T15:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/550727\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:23:11","slug":"more-than-a-million-people-expected-at-spains-world-cup-celebration-in-madrid-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/550727\/","title":{"rendered":"More than a million people expected at Spain\u2019s World Cup celebration in Madrid | Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a million Spaniards, many still bleary-eyed and feeling a little delicate after the country\u2019s historic World Cup victory against Argentina<\/a>, are expected to descend on central Madrid on Monday night to welcome the triumphant national team home.<\/p>\n

La Roja, who beat Argentina 1-0 in the final in New Jersey on Sunday night, were afforded the first of many heroes\u2019 welcomes when they touched down at Madrid\u2019s Barajas airport at 2.30pm local time on Monday.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s captain, Rodri, waved the trophy aloft as he emerged from the plane, his medal from the previous night around his neck. The team posed for a photo before heading into terminal four where hundreds of delighted fans, many in Spain<\/a> strips and carrying the country\u2019s red-and-yellow rojigualda flag, waited and hoped for a glimpse of the freshly minted champions.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s first official stop is the Zarzuela palace, northwest of Madrid, where the players and staff will be received by King Felipe and Queen Letizia at about 4.30pm. After that, they are due to head to the Moncloa palace \u2013 the office and residence of the prime minister \u2013 for a meet-and greet with Spain\u2019s socialist prime minister, Pedro S\u00e1nchez, at around 6pm.<\/p>\n

The victory parade will then kick off in earnest, with the team travelling into town by bus from Moncloa. The focus of the festivities, which will feature music and are expected to draw massive crowds, will be the Plaza de Cibeles just outside Madrid city hall.<\/p>\n

Madrid\u2019s mayor, Jos\u00e9 Luis Mart\u00ednez Almeida, told Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a that the capital was working to give the team the homecoming they deserved. He also hailed the peaceful and joyous scenes that had greeted Spain\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

Rodri carries the World Cup at Barajas airport on Monday. Photograph: Sergio R Moreno\/GTRES\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though there were thousands and thousands of people on the streets last night, there were practically no incidents in the city,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting everything ready for tonight and the musical events should start at Cibeles from about 6pm, with the parade scheduled to start at 7pm \u2013 but all this is depends on various factors \u2026 The thing we\u2019re focusing on is how to celebrate and greet a team that will live for ever in our memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victory \u2013 Spain\u2019s second men\u2019s World Cup win after their triumph against the Netherlands in South Africa in 2010 \u2013 was seen by hundreds of thousand of Spaniards<\/a> who followed the match in bars, parks, fairgrounds, bullrings, and on giant screens in the centre of Madrid. The Spanish press have hailed it as \u201ca unique collective experience\u201d<\/a> made possible by a young team that reflects all that is best about a modern, diverse and determined country.<\/p>\n

The win has also been enthusiastically hailed by the country\u2019s political class.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWE ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!\u201d S\u00e1nchez wrote in a social media post. \u201cWhat an amazing national squad. Thank you, team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alberto N\u00fa\u00f1ez Feij\u00f3o, the leader of Spain\u2019s conservative People\u2019s party, was equally free with the capital letters. \u201cWell-deserved WORLD CHAMPIONS! Values, hard work, humility, and faith. You have made history. There are no limits for this team \u2026 Long live Spain!!!\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Santiago Abascal, the leader of the far-right Vox party, also offered his congratulations to the team for carrying \u201cthe flag of Spain so far and so high\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Spanish postal service, Correos, has announced the creation of a special stamp to commemorate what it called \u201cone of the greatest achievements in the history of Spanish sport\u201d. The red-coloured stamp will bear the word CAMPEONES and feature two stars \u2013 one for each of Spain\u2019s World Cup<\/a> victories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a million Spaniards, many still bleary-eyed and feeling a little delicate after the country\u2019s historic World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-550727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}