Spain plays the most aesthetically pleasing soccer in the world. Their patient, possession-based style might look slow to new fans, but it's actually suffocating for opponents — and when they attack, it's surgical.
| Player | Pos | ⚽ | 🎯 | 🔫 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamine Yamal FC Barcelona | FW | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| Pedri FC Barcelona | MF | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| Rodri Manchester City | MF | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Gavi FC Barcelona | MF | 2 | 5 | 10 |
Spain won the World Cup in 2010, their first ever, and was the first team to win back-to-back European Championships before and after a World Cup (Euro 2008, WC 2010, Euro 2012).
Lamine Yamal became one of the youngest players in World Cup history. He was born in 2007 — which means he was born AFTER Lionel Messi made his professional debut.
Spain plays "tiki-taka" — a possession-based style with thousands of short passes. It looks almost hypnotic, like watching a perfectly choreographed basketball offense that never turns the ball over.