The twelvemonth is 2010. A Spain broadside stacked with prima names person sneaked their mode into the World Cup final, wherever they yet triumph successful a bruising brushwood against the Netherlands with an extra-time Andres Iniesta winner.
Fast guardant 16 years and a much under-the-radar, but arsenic efficient, Spain squad person again reached football's showpiece.
The names whitethorn not travel disconnected the lingua arsenic smoothly arsenic they did before, but Luis de la Fuente's existent contingent are driven to lucifer the accomplishment of the country's aureate procreation and assistance the trophy for a 2nd clip connected Sunday, 19 July.
Certain parallels are evident.
Take the continuity arsenic some sides came into their respective World Cups having won the European Championship 2 years earlier.
For the squad that triumphed successful 2010, lone 3 of the starting XI had not been astatine the 2008 Euros. Only 2 players who began Tuesday's semi-final against France were not portion of the palmy squad astatine Germany 2024.
Interestingly, Spain's 2026 squad of 26 players person an older mean property than the radical selected by Vicente del Bosque successful 2010 (27.8 compared with 26.7), but they are little experienced connected the planetary signifier (33 caps connected mean against 56).
Spain had not won a World Cup knockout crippled since lifting the trophy successful the South Africa tournament, earlier embarking connected this run.
The vaunted 37-match unbeaten grounds of De la Fuente's men is awesome - matching Italy's world-best people - adjacent if it does discount a punishment shootout decision by Portugal successful past year's Nations League final.
This Spain broadside are the archetypal squad to support six cleanable sheets astatine a azygous World Cup.
So however bash the 2 XIs compare? BBC Sport takes a look.
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