Spain has completed the entire football journey in winning the 2026 World Cup on Sunday. It has been a struggle from artistic play to pure play and a display of incredible patience. In the process, they have reached where they wanted to go.

 Spain has completed the entire journey of football in winning the 2026 World Cup on Sunday. It has been a struggle from artistic play to pure play. Similarly, there has been a display of incredible patience. In the process, they have reached where they wanted to reach. 

Spain has won the World Cup with a style of playing that keeps the ball under its control as much as possible, which has given them confidence in their game. The performance that was shown in the 1-0 victory over defending champions Argentina was not a different performance from Spain. Rather, it was exactly the same, and it has become a proof of how strong this style is. 

Spain controlled the ball in such a way that it was a national treasure for the team. In the process, they played continuous passes, created chances and patiently controlled the game. In response, Argentina also played a tough defensive game for some time. Spain did not panic even when the game went into extra time. Spain's policy was that no one player can be bigger than the team.

In this case, Spain brought some substitute players onto the field and they scored the decisive goal. Nico Williams, who came on as a substitute, created the opportunity at the beginning. Ferran Torres scored the decisive goal. An interesting statistic is that this was the third goal scored by a substitute for Spain in the knockout stage. This fact shows what Luis de la Fuente's team is really like. It probably cannot be described by jargon-based game strategy.

Spain has proven that this is not a team where individual players shine. Rather, it is a team that can be described as an orchestra, in which everyone, whether the player coming forward or behind, understands the melody and rhythm equally. If we go by the statistics, Spain had more than 65 percent of the ball in their possession throughout the match, and that too against a team as big as Argentina. In this process, Spain had 12 shots on target.

Again, they made twice as many successful passes as Argentina. Argentina only had one shot in extra time that was not on target. In this sense, Spain's victory can be considered complete dominance, but it was not easy in itself. Spain worked hard for the victory.

On some occasions, a major problem was seen in the Spanish team. That was the lack of a traditional center forward. That is why Spain created so many chances, but could not score accordingly. Argentina could not take advantage of this either. That is why Spain dominated in the individual awards. Pau Kubarsi was named the best young player, while Unai Simeone was named the best goalkeeper.

Similarly, captain Rodri was named the best player of the tournament. The Golden Boot award went to France's Kylian Mbappe. Looking back at the entire tournament, it has been proven that Spain's success was not due to one player. Moreover, Spain was not dependent on a single goal scorer. That is why 14 possible goals were scored by 8 different players in 8 matches.

This was like the occasion when Spain won the European Championship in 2024. At that time, the team's record of 16 goals was scored by 10 different players. This victory over Argentina extended Spain's unbeaten run to 38 matches. Spain surpassed the previous record held by Italy. The team's successful performance in the last three years has now turned into world champions.

This success has also raised the stature of coach Fonte. Otherwise, he would have performed like this when he was given the responsibility of the coach, who is this? Although Fonte had previously only seen the responsibility of the Spanish youth team. That is why the Spanish media did not forget to mock him. But he has given his answer not from outside the field, but from within and this is big in itself.

The current Spanish team is also the result of the unity of Spain, which is often divided, based on different regions, languages, accents and identities. For example, this team has Mikel Oyarzabal, Unai Simeone and Mikel Merino from the Basque region and Borja Iglesias from Galicia, Ferran Torres from Valencia, and Rodri from Madrid. Similarly, 9 players born in the Catalan region were also in the Spanish team.