Spain's 10th all-time top scorer Ferran Torres hopes to end his World Cup drought

[p]Football rewards versatile and adaptable players. But its algorithm struggles when it tries to put a label on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torres-ferran/AVAVLaLt/"]Ferran Torres[/a]. He is a player who is and isn't at the same time.[/p][p]Not quite a striker, not quite a winger, even though he can play both roles. Not a goal machine, but not goal-shy either, as he can go on a spectacular scoring run or just as easily go through a dry spell. There's been a lot of talk about Spain's number 7 and his performances after the first two matches. It's a reality that the man from Foios knows all too well.[/p][p]Perhaps this strangeness, this difficulty in classifying him, has been there since birth - on February 29th of the leap year 2000, which changed the millennium's prefix. Technically, the 26-year-old forward has only celebrated seven birthdays.[/p][p][b]There's no better way to describe someone capable of both the best and the worst, of shining when no one expects it, and of disappointing when everything is in his favour.[/b][/p][p]All of this is set against a World Cup backdrop where he was singled out in Spain's first two matches. Against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cape-verde/MocyWdm7/"]Cape Verde[/a], for being an ineffective winger on a day when the team's sluggishness and lack of pace didn't help him either. Against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/saudi-arabia/biSY8ox4/"]Saudi Arabia[/a], playing as a '9', for missing a clear chance.[/p][image alt="Ferran Torres LaLiga stats 2025/26" id="50f96b01-7477-4f9a-9a0e-fba4c756e00a" credit-line="StatsPerform via Opta" guid="fde1f838-b4cd-43ec-b8f7-32f4118c5b86" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][h2]'Please, let it be a goal'[/h2][p]That he's not feeling in top form was clear in the moment when his goal, which would have made it 5-0, was disallowed. While VAR was drawing its lines with a delay, cameras caught him whispering, "Please, let it be a goal."[/p][p]This season, too, he went through a severe goal drought that was hard to break. And, ironically, it came after a start with record-breaking numbers. So the Valencian is used to riding out the ups and downs.[/p][p]In fact, despite always being under heavy criticism, his coaches have always backed him and given him their trust: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guardiola-pep/hxNijWrJ/"]Pep Guardiola[/a], Luis Enrique, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/xavi/bs5KnIiT/"]Xavi Hernández[/a], Hansi Flick, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lamine-yamal/lAt3vEub/"]Luis de la Fuente[/a]... he's played an important role for all of them.[/p][p]And then there are his numbers with Spain. [b]Despite his ups and downs, Spain's 10th all-time top scorer averages 0.64 goals every 90 minutes in the red shirt.[/b][/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/spain-bLyo6mco/uruguay-xMk44orG/?mid=8xM154oS"]Follow Spain's clash vs Uruguay on Saturday with Flashscore[/a][/b].[/p]