"We played against the best national squads in the world, but we were the best team in the world," De la Fuente said.

"I'm very proud of this generation of players.

They have grown with this idea, they've been loyal to this idea, they have given us an example of a group, of a team, of a family.

I'm very proud of them.

It's been an honor." How can other teams possibly replicate the Spanish system? "Go to work," former France player Thierry Henry, a commentator for Fox Sports, said after the final.

"Think about how....