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World Cup Champs Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsí Exemplify Spain's Cultivation Of Talent

El Fútbol won on Sunday. Spain beat Argentina, 1-0, in New Jersey to win its second World Cup, and the scoreline is the least descriptive stat of the night. Try this one instead: The defending champions, with Lionel Messi on the field for 120 minutes, did not register a single shot on goal. Not one. Spain had 65 percent of the ball, took 20 shots, made Emiliano Martínez produce a World Cup final record 11 saves, and when Ferran Torres swept in Nico Williams' header across the box in the 106th minute, it wasn't a breakthrough. It was the inevitable finally coming to fruition. This was total dom...