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  "name": "FIFA World Cup 2010 (champions - Spain)",
  "summary": "The 2010 World Cup in South Africa ended with Spain beating the Netherlands 1-0 after extra time at Soccer City, Johannesburg, on 11 July 2010 - Andres Iniesta scoring with four minutes of extra time to spare and revealing his tribute to Dani Jarque. It was Spain's first world title, won with three consecutive 1-0 knockout wins beforehand.",
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      "rel": "preceded",
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  "questions": [
    "Who won the 2010 World Cup?",
    "Who scored the winner in the 2010 final?",
    "What did Iniesta's shirt say in 2010?"
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      "text": "Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0 after extra time in the World Cup final at Soccer City, Johannesburg, on Sunday 11 July 2010, winning their first world title; Andres Iniesta scored the winner with four minutes of extra time to spare.",
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      "text": "After scoring, Iniesta revealed a shirt reading \"Dani Jarque siempre con nosotros\" in tribute to his late friend; earlier in the final Iker Casillas twice denied Arjen Robben and Johnny Heitinga was sent off.",
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      "confidence": 0.94
    },
    {
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      "text": "Spain reached the final with three consecutive 1-0 knockout wins over Portugal, Paraguay and Germany, per FIFA's retrospective.",
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      ],
      "confidence": 0.94
    }
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  "faqs": [],
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  "winning_edge": "Anchors the first of Spain's two world titles - and the sourced Jarque anecdote - to FIFA's own retrospective, linking forward to 2026 in this graph.",
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