Euro 2024 | The ‘Shark’ smells blood against Germany

Ferran Torres is a footballer with a consolidated career with the national team at the age of 20His record is impeccable and in this Euro 2024 he has already left his mark with a goal and the MVP award in the match against Albania.

Luis de la Fuente has valued the professionalism of the Foios native to have him among the 26 chosenHe has known the footballer since he was a teenager and knows that in terms of attitude and commitment he will not let him down. whether playing 90 minutes or coming off the bench.

In this tournament, he is playing the role of reactivating the play on the wings when Lamine Yamal or Nico Williams need a replacement. His natural position is on the right wing. From this flank he beat Albania and had perhaps his best game as an international.

It was on November 17, 2020 at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville. In the middle of a pandemic and without an audience in the stands, Ferran Torres was the main architect of the historic 6-0 win to the team managed by Joachim Löw and with Manuel Neuer between the sticks.

Ferran stood out in a band that he shared with Sergi Roberto and under the direction of Luis Enrique Martínez, who had returned to his post to lead the team in the UEFA Nations League group stage.

Ferran Torres is a benchmark for La Roja / Pablo García / RFEF

Only a victory was enough for Spain to advance to the Final Four, and they achieved their goal with flying colors. In addition to Ferran Torres, Morata, Rodri and Oyarzabal completed the rout.

The team qualified for the decisive phase of the Nations for the first time, where they reached the final after defeating Italy 2-1 thanks again to a double from FerranIn the decisive match, La Roja fell to France at San Siro in a highly controversial match due to an offside goal by Mbappé following a slight touch of the ball by Eric Garcia. Ferran forced himself to play in the match and the foot injury kept him out of action for several weeks with Manchester City.

Debut at the Stuttgart Arena

The ‘Shark’ has very good memories of Germany and Stuttgart, the city where the quarter-final match will be played. He made his international debut in September 2020 at the Arena in this city. in a draw (1-1) in Luis Enrique’s ‘redebut’.

Ferran Torres also participated in the draw (1-1) against the Teutons in the last World Cup in Qatar, where they qualified for the round of 16, where the hammer blow came against Morocco.

La Roja overcame this trauma with the victory in this round of the Euro Cup against Georgia, despite the initial scare with Le Normand’s own goal. Spain insisted on its talent to finish scoring and leaving good impressions (4-1).

Now the most difficult thing awaits him. Defeat the host in Stuttgart to reach the same semi-finals as they already signed for at Euro 2021Ferran Torres is one of the players who is best prepared for the challenge.

If he gets to play, he will not disappoint. As he has never done with the national team with 20 goals in 44 games, equalling the legendary Zarra. His goal is to win his first title with the national team since He was not present at the Nations League final against Croatia from the previous year.

De la Fuente brought him back to the cause this season and, just like with Luis Enrique, he has delivered when he has been needed.

2024-07-03 08:00:32
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