The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was a sensation. One of them was the performance of the victors of the 2010 world football championship - the Spanish team.
The Spaniards ended up at the World Cup in Brazil in Quartet B, which experts called the group of death. The rivals in the group stage for the Spaniards were the national teams of the Netherlands, Chile and Australia.
The Spaniards played their first match in the tournament with their previous rivals in the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa - the Netherlands team. Few could have imagined that the Spaniards would be so torn apart in all playing lines. If the score of the first half did not cause much bewilderment (1 - 1), then the second half of the meeting shocked football professionals around the world. The Spaniards lost with indecent numbers on the scoreboard 1 - 5.
In the second match of the group stage, del Bosque's charges had to defeat the uncompromising Chileans. However, this did not happen. In this game, the Spaniards could not score at all, but conceded twice. The final score of the meeting 2 - 0 in favor of Chile left the eminent Spain behind the side of the tournament.
The third match in the group stage did not decide anything. The Spaniards won a 3–0 victory over Australia. But this was only enough to take the final third place in group B.
The result of the performance of the Spanish national team is assessed by the Spanish Football Federation as a failure. Now, many football experts are already seriously talking about the fact that the Spanish team has finally given the title of the best national team of our time to other football teams.
