Of course, it took Jorge Vilda to emerge from the knot of happy people in Auckland’s Eden Park. For what felt like an eternity, Spain’s coach and his most important helpers had embraced each other on the sidelines after the showdown in the World Cup semi-final against Sweden (2-1). Meanwhile, his footballers formed more lucky groups hugging each other. The fact that the coaching team and the players celebrated separately at first after reaching the World Cup final was bound to be the case.
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