- Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final — and remarkably Argentina, with Lionel Messi playing 120 minutes, didn’t register a single shot on goal.
- Spain dominated possession and created chances (forcing Emiliano Martínez to make a record 11 saves), turning the match into total control despite the narrow scoreline.
- The win reflects Spain’s long-term identity: a decades-old academy curriculum and youth-to-senior pipeline that teach the same positional, possession and pressing style from childhood up — even the manager came up through it.
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