Before a single ball was kicked, the photographers at Nuevo El Arcángel Stadium in Cordoba got their shot. Spain co-captains Irene Paredes and Alexia Putellas held aloft the World Cup for the first time at a home ground, a star above the crest on their chests, and grinned proudly from ear to ear. Those jubilant smiles had been hard to come by since winning the trophy just over a month ago in Sydney, as the pair have instead been busy leading their team’s rebellion against a federation in disarra
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