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While Spain's 2010 Squad Is A Standard, This Version May Have A Better Story

Close your eyes and picture Spain in a World Cup final. You see Andrés Iniesta ghosting into the box in Johannesburg. You see Xavi conducting, David Villa finishing, Sergio Ramos flying down the right, Iker Casillas saving Spain's life against Arjen Robben. That team won everything from 2008 to 2012 and changed how the sport thinks about itself. It was the team with the most recognizable style: Tiki-Taka. This Spain is not that Spain. And after Tuesday in Texas, it doesn't need to be. Luis de la Fuente's side dismantled France 2-0 in the semifinal, and "dismantled" is being kind to France. A M...