The Guardian FootballDe la Fuente brings insatiable Spain to England knowing World Cup is not enough
Spain have won back-to-back major tournaments, but there is still one more to go to draw equal with feted team of 2008-2012 “I’m going to tell you a story,” Luis de la Fuente said. “As soon as the game finished on 19 July, before anyone had cooled down at all, just two or three minutes after the final, one of the players – and you’ll have to forgive me for not telling you which one, but it was one of those who has been with us for the longest time – came up to me and said: ‘ Mister , now what? What’s left to win?’ And I said: ‘Bloody hell, the game against England at Wembley on 26 September.’” It was a Friday afternoon at Las Rozas and Spain’s coach had just named his first squad since that day in New Jersey . It was a familiar one, full of history makers. Of the 26 from the World Cup, only four had been left out and there was an explanation for each: Marcos Llorente has announced his international retirement; Joan García is injured; Borja Iglesias, who always felt the likeliest to leave first, is not fully fit; and Gavi is suspended for Wembley, although he could have faced Croatia and Czechia. Continue reading...
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