By Nina Mandell
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT —And with one goal, a four week soccer-fest filled with action, joy and tears was over.
Spain took its first ever World Cup Sunday, scoring four minutes before the end of added time to beat the Netherlands 1-0.
And, as with every game in this tournament, the game took Manhattan fans on a roller coaster ride of emotions.
"It was scary," said Tommy Zahr, 21, a Honduran native who lives on Roosevelt Island and who switched his allegiance to Spain after the Europeans put his team out of the cup.
"It was pretty intense. I never expected them to go all the way."
Zahr was joined by many other Spanish fans celebrating at South Street Seaport's Puma City.
Yamil Guerra, 19, from New Jersey, waved a red and yellow flag as he cheered on his adopted team.
"I'm happy," he said, as he jumped around enthusiastically. "We speak Spanish, we're glad Spain won. I've been following Spain since 1999."
His plans, like many other people's after the game, were to keep partying.
"We're going to celebrate," he said. "Spain doesn't win the World Cup every day."
Even fans who were decked out in the orange of the Netherlands said they had enjoyed the ride — and were going to continue the party.
Catherina Orelemans, 27, was proudly carrying a Dutch flag. She said she was rooting for the Netherlands because her dad was born there.
"We're excited they made it this far, and we're still extremely proud," she said. "We will go have Heinekens now and we'll still have a good time."
Argit Sharma, 22, from Jackson Heights was sporting a Holland shirt.
"I'm feeling so bad," he said. "But the play was good through the whole game. It was a good game.
