Who have been the gamers who led Spain to their first-ever World Cup win and what has occurred to them since?
Spain have been one of many favourites to raise the World Cup in 2010 heading into the match.
They’d convincingly received Euro 2008 and kind of the identical squad was named by supervisor Vicente del Bosque for the South Africa finals.
Nonetheless, within the very first match, they suffered a shock defeat by the hands of Switzerland, with Gelson Fernandes scoring early within the second half to upset the European champions.
Within the second match, they steadied the ship with a 2-0 victory over Honduras, courtesy of a brace from David Villa, whereas they beat Chile 2-1 within the ultimate group-stage recreation to complete as table-toppers.
Within the quarterfinals, Spain clashed with Paraguay and it was Villa as soon as once more who got here to the rescue as he scored the winner within the 82nd minute.
Within the final 4, Spain defeated Germany 1-0 with Carles Puyol scoring from a nook to arrange a summit conflict with Netherlands.
Within the ultimate, John Heitinga obtained his second yellow in further time which left Netherlands with 10 males on the pitch.
Spain began attacking with extra enamel and at last, within the 116th minute, Andres Iniesta latched on to a ball from Cesc Fabregas and located the far nook to attain the winner and provides Spain their first and solely World Cup trophy so far.
Who have been a part of the squad that made historical past, although, and what’s occurred to them since?