Spain connects with Lamine to reach the round of 16

Lamine Yamal only needed one match to turn the Euro Cup upside down. Their match against the powerful Croatia and against a marker of Gvardiol’s prestige showed that at 16 years old he is already prepared to be the star of La Roja in a great competition.

Spain won the debut by a resounding 3-0 against the third-place team from the last World Cup and now has another great challenge in Gelsenkirchen, the home of Schalke 04, against the current European champion. A very tough start that La Roja resolved well at the beginning and wants to round off with another victory against Italy.

The task will not be easy against a group that Luciano Spalletti washed her darling. The architect of the Scudetto won by Naples last season has considered renewing Italy in every way. Not only does he want to return them to the path of victory, but they also want them to stop being a dirty team. to try to dominate the ball and be the protagonist in the game.

Spain wants the same, but is also prepared to endure playing a few meters further back. and kill with the speed of Lamine Yamal or Nico Williams. In particular, the Barcelona player is the great threat that the team plays with to scare his rivals. They cannot be neglected even a second behind if they don’t want to be hunted by the Barcelona prodigy.

De la Fuente and Lamine talk at a training session in Spain / PABLO GARCÍA / RFEF

‘Professor’ De la Fuente always at your side

Lamine, for his part, remains very focused on his work and Luis de la Fuente takes care of the jewel in his hands like gold.. His conversations are common. The Riojan is very attentive to the one from Rocafonda Don’t be overwhelmed by everything it means to be in the spotlight of world football.

The young forward already knows the pressure of Barça and now it is his turn to bear the hopes of a country. A lot of weight on your back that must be managed with your left hand. De la Fuente tries to take the pressure off him, so that he does not feel like the team’s top person and plays with his usual joy without thinking too much about everything it means for Spain to be in the running in a competition that he has already won three times.

The team will be mathematically classified for the round of 16 of the Euro Cup in case of a victory. The three points would also give him first place virtually while waiting of the pending match against the a priori weakest team in the group, Albania, next Monday in Düsseldorf.

The advantage of being first

If first, Spain would be assured of playing the first match at the venue closest to its concentration hotel, in Cologne, and against one of the four best third-placed teams. The advantage would be important to continue advancing and reach the quarterfinals, where there would no longer be second-rank rivals.

Lamine is living a dream, but he is not the only Barcelona player with a leading role for Spain. Pedri is the other player who showed against Croatia that his football is still very bright and has added an optimal condition to compete face to face against anyone.

The Italians will be well above the Tenerife in the three-quarter zone. They know he has the key to creation and a veteran like Jorginho will hardly let him breathe.. However, Spain has many daggers and if the Azzurra focuses on Pedri, Fabián or even the full-backs, like Carvajal and Cucurella, may appear again to do damage everywhere.

Fermín wants to debut in the Euro Cup / PABLO GARCÍA / RFEF

As if that were not enough, Spain has real party agitators on the bench, headed by Fermín López. The man from Huelva is dying to make his debut in the Euro Cup and, if he has minutes, It is a guarantee of generosity in effort and arrival.

Ferran Torres is another of the specialists in revolutionizing matches. Against Croatia he had little time, but he already showed his always positive inertia. De la Fuente has a lot of faith in the Valencian seeing how he is behaving in training.

The coach’s repertoire is wide and varied. His script is ready to surprise another fox on the bench like Luciano Spalletti already one of the teams with the most tradition, the Azzurri.

2024-06-20 08:47:56
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