Riotous celebrations as Spain wins first World Cup

Riotous celebrations spread across Spain on Sunday after the national football team won its first World Cup when Andres Iniesta scored an extra-time goal in a 1-0 win over the Netherlands.

An estimated 300,000 people forming a sea of red and yellow packed Madrid's downtown Paseo de Recoletos boulevard to watch the final from Johannesburg on giant TV screens and erupted at the final whistle as Spain became world and European champions.

"It had to be (Andres) Iniesta, the field marshal of Spanish football," said the 19-year-old Marcos Domenec.

The celebrations were easily the biggest ever held in living memory in Spain.

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