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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Spain winning the World Cup just feels right.That opener against Cape Verde aside, they were the best team in this tournament. Beating Argentina 1-0 on Sunday, July 19, to win their second World Cup title confirms it.One goal conceded across eight games. Goals from seven different players, including Ferran Torres, who pounced on a Nico Williams header and buried it for the game-winner in the 106th minute. That’s the dominance worthy of a World Cup champion.Besides, Argentina had no business winning a second consecutive title, even if it would have been nice to send Lionel Messi out on top. If you can’t get off a single shot — not just a shot on goal, a shot of any kind — until stoppage time of the second overtime period, you have no business winning an AYSO tournament, let alone the World Cup.That the final went into overtime is not a reflection of Spain’s control of the game, by the way. La Roja was the better team for the entire game, and it wasn’t even close. Did I mention Argentina had not a single shot on goal?Spain’s midfield kept Argentina in check and powered La Roja’s offense. They created shots from all over the field, and only a near-perfect game by Argentina goalkeeper Emi "Dibu" Martinez kept this from being a laugher.Time and again Martinez had to bail Argentina out. A shot by Lamine Yamal. Another, on a header from close range, by Torres. One in the first half by Mikel Oyarzabal, Spain’s leading scorer this tournament.But Argentina, which has been playing with fire since the group-stage ended, finally ran out of luck. They went down to 10 men in the third minute of regulation stoppage time after Enzo Fernandez was given the bonehead of the day award, err, a red card for accumulation. Spain's win became inevitable, and Torres delivered.Now, with Messi's World Cup career almost assuredly over, there is a new dynasty in the making. Yamal and Pau Cubarsi are both just 19 years old, and this is a Spain team that is now World Cup and European champion.They're the best in the world, and they have the trophies to prove it.Follow USA TODAY Sports columnist Nancy Armour on social media @nrarmour.
