Spain return to Berlin, where they began their Euro 2024 journey, to play as favorites in the final against revenge-seeking England
BARCELONA — Spain Returns to Berlin, to compete in the great Olympic Stadium final of the Euro 2024 in which he leaps as you prefer In front of one England who are looking for revenge after losing to Italy last year,
Luis de la Fuente aims to establish himself as the first coach to celebrate a triple of continental titles with a national team: under-19 in 2015, under-21 in 2019 and overall in 2024, which puts Spain in the center of the fair. all appearances.
Arrival The Red to their concentration in Donaueschingen on June 9 with an almost Immaculate statistic from the qualifying stage (seven wins and one win in Scotland) but far from the front.
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He was in the second group, and thank you, far behind the predictions of France or Germany. Even Italy, Portugal, England or Belgium saw more options and were willing to match Croatia’s Luka Modric or Paris of the Netherlands with Ronald Koeman. And it is again, in Berlin, where it all began, to end with, who knows, a new exhibition.
“We are going to finish the poster that the excellence of this competition is gone,” De la Fuente warned, half jokingly, during a talk with RTVE.
That’s nothing, making it six wins in as many games, a record never seen in the competition, and beating Croatia, Italy, Germany and France before meeting England who reach the final in a very different way after have given a good feeling of football. (and sometimes) in the semi-final against the Netherlands.
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As Spain began to destroy Croatia, they continued to surrender to Italy (the last champion) and had the pleasure of eliminating hosts Germany first and favorites France later. All of them fell apart, succumbing to the combination that the Hispanic coach managed to build.
The choice of Marc Cucurella on the left side, the choice of Pedri in the middle of the field and his concern to keep the presence of Nico Williams and the boy Lamine Yamal unchanged at the point of attack was a surprise.
De la Fuente suffered the news of the presence of Aymeric Laporte who arrived injured and Nacho was in his position at the start, but it was the group, the block, the team, the one that got completely fat and responded to those who did not want. to see Spain among the guests (or they didn’t dare).
This team returns to the stadium where it debuted, giving a review in Croatia and a month and six days after landing in the Black Forest, the site of concentration that finished the locals and strangers surprised, not only because of the atmosphere great among them. to summon.
And in a team with a very defined starting eleven (in which only Pedri’s injury led to the momentary change for Dani Olmo), he has enjoyed a squad that is as homogeneous as it is cautious.
It was Jesús Navas, Nacho, Mikel Merino, Mikel Oyarzabal and Ferran Torres, who responded very well even though they knew they were under the shadow of a group led by Rodri and inspired those young people who settle with Lamine Yamal in charge.
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England, who lost the final against Italy in 2021 and whose record is limited to the 1966 World Cup, are rivals with very bad memories for Spain.
They won both games in the 1968 qualifiers, won them in the 1980 group stage and eliminated them on penalties in the 1996 quarter-finals, with Gareth Southgate on the field.
After 28 years, in an unprecedented final, La Roja will look to become the only queen of the competition, adding the fourth title in its history after those achieved in 1964 (against the USSR), 2008 ( against Germany) and 2012 (against Italy. ).
35 days after reaching Germany, the wonderful Spain of Luis de la Fuente goes to the final stage of the Euro Cup, the 51st match of the competition, returning to the huge Olympic Stadium in Berlin. England is waiting for her there… And glory.