“The Choice of Luis de la Fuente”

lHuis de la Fuente became his own the best European coach at the moment.

Riojan, champion of the European Cup and the last Nations League, has given substance and form to the Spanish team, which plays and participates in every game as a team.

De la Fuente won two titles in just under two years on the bench, and the balance to date is difficult to improve: 21 wins, two draws and two defeats in 25 matches with the senior team.

25 games in which he also grew and developed as a coach on and off the field. Building on their successes and learning from their mistakes.

To be honest, in December 2022, when De la Fuente took over the leadership of the national team, I did not imagine that today I would dedicate this editorial to him to acknowledge that his work was a success.

At the sporting level, The same cannot be said about the time Riohan spent on the senior bench.

Here, for the record, we condemn and harshly criticize his applause at the shameful meeting of Luis Rubiales in August 2023, but in purely sporting terms his work is outstanding.

Luis de la Fuente knows better than anyone else many of the players who today form the core of La Roja after so many years and so many achievements in the lower categories of Spanish football.

He created a bold, dynamic and vertical team.. Matching the nature of the country’s best footballers, rich in resources and very committed to solidarity and collective effort.

In the last EuroCup, many factors likely contributed to Spain’s dominance over the continent’s best teams, but none of what happened was a coincidence.

The challenge now facing Luis de la Fuente is: strengthen this base, continue to improve the game and satisfy the team’s hunger, start to face certain generational changes and try to minimize, as much as possible, two such important injuries as those of Rodrigo Hernandez and Dani Carvajal.

We will have time to evaluate all these challenges, already thinking about the 2026 World Cup, but today Spain has the opportunity to secure their place in the Nations qualifiers amidst the noise, and before we close this break, we are not thinking again in absolute terms until November , I wanted open this plaque in recognition of the work and leadership of Luis de la Fuente on the national team bench.