‘I’m so happy as a woman and as a Spaniard’: World Cup joy in Madrid

Jubilation at victory over England will take a while to sink in - and there are hopes it will bring lasting change

By mid-afternoon on Sunday, the August-quiet, sun-fried streets around Madrid's WiZink Center had begun to fill with red strips, dazed and happy faces, and the inevitable chorus of horns from the capital's jubilant motorists. Spain had done it. But the fact they had done it was going to take a while to sink in.

Among the hundreds of people milling about outside the sporting arena and concert venue - where giant screens had shown the World Cup triumph of the Spanish women's team to 6,000 people - were Laura Luengo, her wife, Tamara Rodriguez, and their young son, Alvaro.