The Spanish team has become one of the great powers of football and although they now find themselves with a very young generation, they are a very fearsome rival.
Today we are going to remember the five players who won matches the most times in the final stages of a World Cup with La Roja.
Despite the fact that Busquets shares victory figures with historical players such as Raúl or Piqué, the Catalan midfielder is still in the national team and is the undisputed leader, which is why he will surely increase his score in the next World Cup in Qatar in 2022. His victory score in world championships has been marred by the last two disappointing rounds in Spain, but it was key in the 2010 conquest.
Iniesta’s case is similar to that of Ramos, although the center-back is still active and could surprise by arriving in Qatar, although it is not planned. The man from La Mancha was key in the 2010 World Cup with his goal in the final, and in 2018 he could not get more than one victory despite being one of the leaders, staying at 10 victories.
The Andalusian centre-back was very young at the 2006 World Cup, this being his first major tournament with Spain, and since then he has not missed a single appointment. Unfortunately, the poor results in the last two appointments (2014 and 2018) leave the box at 10 wins, because in the World Cup in Russia, Spain only won one game despite reaching the round of 16.
The Catalan midfielder was also part of the historic team that won everything, but like Casillas, he also went to the painful 2002 World Cup in which Spain suffered a terrible arbitration that left him out in the quarterfinals. As in 2014 he could not play the World Cup, he has one less victory than Casillas.
The historic captain of Spain who lifted three international titles could not be missing from this list. An injury to Cañizares led him to be a starter in the 2002 World Cup, although he was very young, it has led him to be a starter in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups. Unfortunately, in 2014 Spain did not go beyond the groups, despite having a great team, which leaves the goalkeeper’s mark in 13 victories spread over 4 in 2002, 3 in 2006, 5 in 2010 and 1 in 2014.
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