Welcome back. Of course, let me start with the most important news of the week: Spain won the World Cup. Surprised? Well, you shouldn't be, because bad punditry aside (and there was plenty of it) it was the logical conclusion.
Football is a team sport, and that's something the Spanish have mastered, because it's a system, a school of thought, that defines the game, not a star player. The coach can swap midfielders, you won't notice it on the pitch because the structure remains: dominate passes, own the ball and ultimately score.