sloppy Iker Casillas display allows Eduardo Vargas and Charles Aranguiz to score Spain 0-2 Chile

The world champions are out. History. Kaput. Spain are gone. Tied first in departing this tournament, with Australia. Not in body, because there is still the matter of a meaningless final group game in Curitiba on Monday, but mathematically and in spirit. They trooped off the pitch in the Maracana Stadium last night, heads bowed, all resistance spent. After two games they have no points and a goal difference that reads 1-7. This truly is a seismic development for football.
It is the worst defence of a World Cup title in history, poorer even than Italy in South Africa four years ago. They, too, exited at the group stage, but at least their final game was live. Spain now travel Brazil a redundant embarrassment. Nobody wants to be one of those teams, the dead rubberers, fulfilling a fixture list simply because they must.
This will be the game that many say marks the end of the era of tiki-taka, too, but with that is raised a more existential question. Was there ever any such thing? Did tiki-taka create a great Spanish team, or was it merely itself the invention of 11 outstanding players.

Shock: The world champions are out of the 2014 World Cup after two consecutive defeats

Won't need these again: Iker Casillas throws his gloves to fans after a poor display at the Maracana

Great start: Eduardo Vargas celebrates after giving Chile the lead against Spain in the World Cup

Unconventional: Vargas fell to the floor while beating Iker Casillas in the Spanish net

Back of the net: The Real Madrid goalkeeper could do nothing about this goal

Blunder: But Casillas should have dealt with Charles Aranguiz's second for the Chileans better

Disappointing: Casillas only managed to claw away Alexis Sanchez's free-kick into the path of the goalscorer

Technique: Aranguiz's toe-punted effort found its way into the back of the net