Spain were poor at World Cup but La Liga's influence on final is evident

The ESPN FC crew discuss England's inability to adjust to Croatia's pressure and question if they underestimated their offensive prowess. "I'd be more worried if Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo had left." It was late last summer and Neymar had just walked out on FC Barcelona, and out of Spain, but the league's president Javier Tebas wasn't bothered. Not that he -- a man whose every word is calculated, not just a reply offered but a role played -- would have said so if he really was. That much was proven again this week. Twelve months on and Cristiano Ronaldo is the one leaving. "Five years ago, I would have been more worried,"...