Food for thought: of all the players in the WC final, no less than 17 were formed as teenagers at the academies of Ajax (9) and Barcelona (8). Ajax: Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Huntelaar, Elia, Heitinga, De Jong, Stekelenburg, Van der Wiel and Babel Barca: Valdés, Piqué, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro and Fabregas.