This beautiful data visualization shows how Spain obliterated Argentina in the World Cup final

The 1-0 score doesn’t reflect the overwhelming domination that Spain had over Messi and his cohorts.

Spain dominated the ball and occupied the entire pitch at MetLife Stadium during the World Cup final against Argentina. It didn’t matter that Messi’s teammates fouled, elbowed, and used every trick to slow the Spaniards down and force the game to penalties. La Roja was so overwhelmingly better that they outshot Argentina, 20 to 2, across the full 120 minutes; Argentina became the first finalist in World Cup history to fail to register a single shot in regulation time.