India, July 20 -- Spain became only the second European team to win out of the nine World Cups held in the American continents after their brilliant organisation, passing range and collective excellence delivered glory by finding a way past the dogged Argentina in the final at the New York/New Jersey Stadium.

Spain's fluency and the instinctive understanding between their hugely talented players who know how to find each other with passes through defensive lines, and the pressing, had rattled France, who lost 2-0 in the semi-finals.

It was expected to test the defending champions and it did. However, Argentina, despite an older squad and having exerted so much to come through the knockout rounds were determined to thwart Spain's attacki...