What is happening at the Football World Cup?

For lots of reasons, we did not go on vacation as planned the last 2 weeks so have been watching the World Cup first round matches. What is happening?

Looks like (obviously, from a rather long distance), that ...

• Individual talent is not enough to have a great team.
• Team spirit, discipline, responsibility, accountability, trust, seems to be winning out over big name, big bucks, individual talent, or at the very least, giving it a really good run for the money!

How might this relate back to the work place? See anything similar?

What do we look for when we hire people? Talent or team player?

Could we be using talent as an excuse/abdication as our role as a manager (coach?).

And... perhaps I just watched too many matches!