Spain. Won all 7 games. Beat the best teams. Played the best football. Scored the best goals. Had the best players: Nico Williams, Lamine Yamal, Rodri, Fabián, Dani Olmo, Laporte, Cucurella... You won't see many more deserving champions than this
We're not saying Spain has dominated European football this century... but a LaLiga team won the Champions League or the Europa League or both in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022
This is brilliant. Jorge de Frutos' Spain debut... as seen on TV in his parents' bar in his tiny hometown of Navares de Enmedio, Segovia (population, 92!)
Real Madrid winning this game without Casemiro, Kroos and Modric on the pitch feels significant. At long, long last, the beginning of a changing of the guard.