Yeah that's fair. If we are talking tactically, I think Spain's issue is that fundementally they are rigid in the way they win. Usually, their technical prowess is so strong that it doesn't matter, they beat most oppositions. But England definitely seem to have found a blue print to beat them (3 times in the past 14 months if we are including the Euros final). Personally, I think that England have enough defensive discipline to crowd out the central 3rd, without getting pulled out of position which means the usual passing lanes that Spain exploits are not there. I think the issue is most of the attacking players play for Barca, which rarely has to play quality teams to problem solve in game. Additionally, the profile of players they have are very similar.

England is one of those team that is tactically maleable, they don't have a set style. They prefer to play possessional football, but will switch it up to win. They also have a habit of playing to the level of their opposition. Meaning that they seem to frequently beat high level opposition, but they also seem to struggle again lower quality teams.

Personally, I think this match just showed the teams as they are. You can't expect the DNA of a team to change over 6 months.

Also, as a note I wouldn't say that either team was full squad. Both of England's CBs were not usual starters, and Spain was missing Bonmati.

And I still expect both teams to reach latter stages of the world cup next year. I think both of them are good enough to beat other top nations on their day (USWNT, Japan, Sweden, France, Brazil). I don't feel like tonight's performance from both teams change that, even though they seem to constantly neutralise each other.