Several outlets report that Spain’s player Marc Cucurella performs a “lucky” ritual involving burying a coin in the pitch shortly before kick-off ahead of Spain’s World Cup final. According to the accounts, former Spain defender Joan Capdevila, who won the 2010 World Cup, says he taught Cucurella the practice and that the superstition dates back to Spain’s 2010 triumph. The reports state that Capdevila instructs Cucurella to continue the ritual before matches, linking it to an attempt to replicate prior success. The coverage also says Spain again wins the tournament after defeating Argentina, with the match ending 1-0 after extra time. Together, the sources present the ritual as a previously known superstition shared by players, and describe it as occurring seconds before the final began in New York. The reports do not provide independent verification beyond the explanations attributed to Capdevila and the pre-match observation.