Geometry, football and the World Cup final

Spain will play Argentina in the Fifa World Cup final on Sunday. The highly anticipated match takes place in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, with the teams vying for the most coveted prize in football. Attacking flair and physicality will no doubt play a role. But we could also see an underappreciated element of football come to the fore: geometry. In their 2-0 World Cup semi-final win over France, Spain formed neat passing triangles around the French players. This sometimes made it look as if…