"AS" stated that so far no national team has won the World Cup while ranking first in FIFA. The Spanish national team hopes to break this curse at next year's World Cup.

In the European World Cup qualifiers held early this morning, Spain defeated Georgia 4-0 away from home. Spain currently ranks first in Group E, three points ahead of second-placed Türkiye, with a goal difference of 14 more than Türkiye. In the final round, Spain will face Turkey at home. Only if Spain loses to Turkey by at least 7 goals can Türkiye overtake Spain. This is almost impossible, and it can be said that Spain has guaranteed its qualification for next year's World Cup.

However, "Aspen" pointed out that Spain will face a curse in next year's World Cup. Spain is currently ranked first by FIFA, and since FIFA began ranking the world's national teams in 1992, no national team ranked first by FIFA has been able to win the World Cup.

In the 1994 World Cup, Germany ranked first in FIFA, but Brazil won the World Cup. In the 1998 World Cup, Brazil ranked first in the FIFA rankings, and France eventually won the championship. In the 2002 World Cup, France ranked first in FIFA, but they failed to qualify from the group stage. Brazil ranked first in FIFA in both the 2006 World Cup and the 2010 World Cup, but Brazil was eliminated in the quarter-finals of both World Cups. At the 2014 World Cup, Spain was ranked first by FIFA but failed to advance out of the group. In the 2018 World Cup, Germany ranked first in the FIFA rankings and was eliminated at the bottom of the group. In the 2022 World Cup, Brazil ranked first in FIFA and lost on penalties in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Now that the Spanish national team ranks first in FIFA, they hope to break this curse. "AS" stated that in the 2010 World Cup, Spain became the first team in history to lose its first match but still win the World Cup. Spain was also the first team in history to win three consecutive European Cup-World Cup-European Cup championships. In the 2024 European Cup, Spain was the first team in history to win the European Cup with a victory in 7 games. At next year's World Cup, Spain also hopes to become the first team in history to win the World Cup as the top player in the national football federation.