Ten years and nine months later, Spain and Brazil meet again, with a painful last memory for the Spanish team to add in official matches, the harsh defeat in Maracaná (3-0) in the final of the 2013 Confederations Cup that extended Brazil's dominance in official matches in a history that is only equaled in friendlies.

The most dazzling Neymar stopped the victorious streak of the Spanish national team, which after two consecutive Euros and a World Cup wanted to put the great finish. The option of beating Brazil in their temple, Maracaná, was unparalleled, but reality was far off and it became one of the hardest corrections suffered by Spain's 'golden generation'.

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The final on June 30, 2013, was decided in the first half. With Neymar's superiority over Álvaro Arbeloa, which led to his substitution at halftime. The goal just after kick-off by Fred, who would repeat it again two minutes into the second half. The goal that crowned Neymar as the great reference of the most successful team in football history.

The 3-0 extended Brazil's dominance in official matches. Spain only won one, the first one. In the round of 16 of the 1934 World Cup when a brace from Lángara and a goal from Iraragorri sealed the match in just 29 minutes.

The reunion took 16 years to arrive and left the first day to forget for Spain in Maracaná. Thoroughly beaten on July 16, 1950, the biggest win in the history of the match, when Brazil inflicted a 6-1 with a batch of high-profile players. Ademir and Chico's braces plus goals from Jair and Zizinho were a harsh punishment for the Spaniards. Ramallets scored the consolation goal in a World Cup where the Spanish national team had high hopes.

Spain's disappointments with refereeing against Brazil began in 1962. On June 6 in the Chile World Cup, they played to pass the group stage against the Canarinha led by Garrincha. The Chilean referee Bustamante ended up being the protagonist, taking a penalty out of the area and canceling a legal goal from Adelardo. The Red had already taken the lead, but ended up being eliminated by a brace from Amarildo.

In the 1978 World Cup, in the fourth encounter, the action of Cardeñosa in the group stage remained in memory. Spain drew 0-0 against Brazil and the highlight of the match came from a great leap from Santillana after a poor clearance from goalkeeper Leao. With everything in his favor to score, Cardeñosa waited, advanced, and the ball bounced poorly when he went to shoot. He crashed it against defender Amaral, the only one covering the goal. La Roja was eliminated and that play stuck in the hearts of its fans.

In another World Cup, that of Mexico 1986, Spain's 'Quinta del Buitre' left one of its members as a sad protagonist. A corner kick from Víctor Múñoz was headed backward by Maceda, the ball fell to Míchel, who killed it with his chest and hooked a right-footed shot that kissed the crossbar and bounced inside the Brazilian goal. The referee did not give the goal and the defeat at the beginning of the championship came with a goal from Sócrates to Andoni Zubizarreta in an offside position, taking advantage of the rebound from a shot to the woodwork. Those were the times without VAR.

In friendly matches, the two teams faced each other three times. In 1981 in Salvador de Bahía, Brazil won with a goal just after kick-off, three minutes in, from Baltazar to Arconada after a corner kick. In 1990, Spain's most comfortable victory came at El Molinón in Gijón, 3-0 with goals from Carlos, Fernando, and Míchel.

And the last precedent was a goalless draw in 1999, at the Balaídos stadium in Vigo, between the Spanish team of Pep Guardiola and Raúl González. It leads to one where Spain and Brazil join their voices against racism and the motto 'Under the Same Skin' to put a stop to various racist acts that tarnish football and society.

The total balance in the nine encounters is five wins for Brazil, two draws, and two victories for Spain, which failed to score in five matches, scored eight goals, and conceded fourteen.