whew... oras ng mga underdogs ngayon ah...
That's not a surprise. With the bigger teams, players are typically stars for the biggest clubs and play a lot more matches in a year than the rest.
This is why you see defending champions usually falling short at World Cups. After winning the cup, their players become stars and are immediately snatched up by the biggest clubs, ergo, get much much busier match and media schedules.
Spain was supposed to be the exception but instead have spectacularly bombed out of this World Cup.