World Cup Final Review: Netherlands 0, Spain 1 Or, WE DID IT!!!

t still feels like a dream… walking to work early on Monday morning, stopping at each newsstand on the way to look at the newspapers and grin like a fool.

Spain, World Cup Champions.

SPAIN, WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS!

¡Campeones, oé!

Finally, finally, we’ve conquered not only the ‘Quarterfinal Curse’, but the World Cup itself. We’ve showed the world where beautiful playmaking, hard work and a well-knit team takes you. No, it wasn’t easy, and no, it wasn’r pretty either, but we did it.

Vicente Del Bosque surprised us by not surprising us and giving us the same starting XI we’d had in the match against Germany: Casillas, Ramos, Puyol, Piqué, Capdevila, Busquets, Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa and Pedrito. Our very own saint in goal, our usual suspects in defence, the much-maligned double-pivot, the playmaker, and the attacking trifecta, without the disappointing Torres, and with Villa in a position he finds somewhat uncomfortable. Ready to rumble…

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