Can the Spanish national team be like it used to be?

The Spanish national team led by players such as Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, Torres, Puyol, and coaches in the form of Luis Aragones and Vicente del Bosque were two consecutive European champions and world champions. This national team is no longer at that level, among other things, because the Spanish national team no longer has guys like those mentioned above, and the results are far from what they used to be.

There is no longer even a big coaching name on the bench of the Spanish national team since Luis de la Fuente took over the national team after the collapse at the World Cup. The Spanish national team will try to improve their impression in Germany, although they are not given too many chances for the title.

Spanish national team in the group of death

At the very start of the competition, the Spanish national team will have a very difficult task because they will play in a group that we can freely call the group of death. At the last Euro, the Spanish national team was eliminated by Italy in the semi-finals, and now they will play with the defending champions already in the group stage.

In addition to Italy, the Spanish national team will have another strong rival as they will compete against Croatia, which took third place at the last World Cup. Spain’s last rival in the group stage will be Albania, with whom there shouldn’t be too many problems, but after the shipwreck at the World Cup, Spain must no longer underestimate anyone.

The Spanish national team was eliminated by Italy at the last two Euros, and we’ll see if they can take revenge for those defeats at the Euros in Germany. Spain will play the first match in Group B at the upcoming Euro against Croatia in Berlin on June 15. At the previous Euro, these two national teams played a spectacular game as the Spanish national team defeated Croatia 5-3 after extra time.

By the way, Spain is the only national team that managed to defend its title at the Euros, having won two titles in 2008 and 2012. With the host of the upcoming Euro, Spain holds the record for the number of titles since they and the Germans have been European champions three times so far.

Next week, the Spanish national team will play two friendly matches against two teams from South America. First, they will face Colombia on March 22 in London and Brazil on March 26 in Madrid. As part of preparations for the Euro, Spain will play two more games in June and the rivals will not be too strong as the Spanish national team will play against Andorra and Northern Ireland.

Brahim Diaz decided not to play for the Spanish national team

Luis de la Fuente called up 26 players for the upcoming friendlies. Special attention is drawn to the call to the young talented defender of Barcelona, ​​Pau Tzubarsi. Vivian from Bilbao was also invited by de la Fuente to the Spanish national Team, Pablo Sarabia is returning to the national team and the list includes Pedro Porro from Tottenham, Robin Le Normand from Real Sociedad, and Baena from Villarreal, but all these invitations are overshadowed by the decision of one guy.

Brahim Diaz, striker of Real Madrid played for Spain in the junior selections and recorded one appearance for the senior national team in a friendly match against Lithuania in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic when normally only players under the age of 21 performed. In the future, Diaz will play for Morocco, the national team that defeated Spain at the World Cup, which few expected. The Spanish media are disappointed with the move and believe that de la Fuente could have done more in this regard.

“He was on the extended list, but there is a document dated March 9 in which he informed the Federation that he did not want to play for Spain, but chose Morocco. He made his decision before he even received the invitation. If someone does not want to be with us, we have to accept his decision. Everyone decides for himself. I highly value Diaz, so I invited him to the national team the most. I love when people are happy and I wish him the best, and I am grateful to him for the moments we spent together.” , said the coach of Spain.

The Spanish national team has several very talented and promising players led by Pedro and Gavi. New players are added from cycle to cycle, as was the case with Lamin Yamal, another talented Barcelona player. Now Cubarsi has been invited, and as in previous cases, there are not too many Real Madrid players this time, although the royal club does not base the game excessively on Spanish players.

The primacy is held by the players of Barcelona and Real Sociedad, and the best players are certainly Rodri from Manchester City and Dani Olmo from Leipzig. Bayer Leverkusen will almost certainly break the dominance of Bayern Munich this season, and Alejandro Grimaldo, who revived his career, is playing great games, so there is no doubt that we will see him in Germany. The Spanish national team is not among the main favorites, but that was also the case with Italy at the last Euro, which surprised the whole of Europe, and we will see what outcome awaits us in Germany.