Villa and his team-mates beat Holland thanks to Andres Iniesta's extra-time goal exactly a year ago today to claim a maiden World Cup triumph.

"I saw grown men crying like babies," Villa told Marca in an interview.

"In the dressing room we were all in tears. I was shocked to see tears from Xavi and Iniesta, players who have won everything in football, crying. I cried like a child."

But Chelsea striker Fernando Torres, then a Liverpool player, claimed he felt frustrated in an individual sense after ending the match injured.

"It wasn't what I imagined from a World Cup, ending it in injury was a disappointment," he said.

"It was the happiest ending possible in terms of the collective, but in terms of (my own) personal story it was something else."

Iniesta, who scored the goal with four minutes of extra time remaining, told Marca he is proud of his historic winner.

"It has gone down in history and I am proud to have experienced and enjoyed something so historic," he said.

"I controlled the ball and I knew it was the time - it was one of the most special moments of my life."

The Barcelona midfielder peeled off his Spain shirt to reveal a message on his t-shirt to former Espanyol defender Dani Jarque, his close friend who had passed away from a heart attack the previous summer.

And Iniesta has now decided to donate the shirt to Espanyol.

"With this gesture, Iniesta won the hearts of all blue and white (Espanyol) supporters," said Espanyol in a statement on their website.

"Without doubt it will become one of the most prized and admired objects in our stadium for all that it represents."