<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Spain's head coach Jorge Vilda (C) celebrates with Spain's players after winning the 2023 World Cup final at Stadium Australia in Sydney on August 20, 2023.DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Spain's women's national soccer team beat England 1-0 to win Sunday's 2023 World Cup final.</li><li>The team's road to victory was tumultuous, given the public feud with their coach Jorge Vilda.</li></ul><p>Spain became the unlikely champions of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/streaming/where-to-watch-womens-world-cup-live-stream-free-2023" rel>2023 Women's World Cup</a> Sunday, cementing their place in the competition's history by beating England 1-0.</p><p>Cheered on by thousands of supporters, including <a href="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/president-gianni-infantino-and-spains-queen-letizia-greet-news-photo/1611003908?adppopup=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queen Letizia of Spain</a>, the Spanish national team — also known as "La Roja" — secured the win with a goal scored by fullback Olga Carmona in the first half of the final, hosted in Sydney, Australia, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/66562982" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the BBC reported</a>.</p><p>As the clock ticked to full-time, the team victory made them the first World Cup-winning squad to represent Spain in the competition's history. And they did so despite a tumultuous run involving <a href="https://www.insider.com/jorge-vilda-spain-controversial-head-coach-2023-8">a public feud with their coach, Jorge Vilda</a>.</p><p>The feud began 10 months before the World Cup when 15 players who had regularly appeared on Spain's roster sent identical emails to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) vowing to boycott the national team and calling for an overhaul of the team's management, who they accused of poor treatment that posed a threat to their mental and physical health, Insider previously reported. </p><p>Many of the complaints were centered on Vilda, a controversial figure who rejected the complaints as "a farce" during a fiery press conference just days after the emails were sent. </p><p>Fast-forward to the World Cup, videos taken throughout the competition showed players acting visibly hostile toward Vilda, <a href="https://twitter.com/jimemaud/status/1691434762739560448?s=46&t=DOTfVZhJ3pAOw2cYX_OKNg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">swatting him away</a>, and celebrating victories separately. </p><p>Despite any bad blood, the team and their coach put on a united front to celebrate their historic victory — take a look. </p>