It is an unmissable time for football fans because in Europe the Euro Cup and in the United States the Copa America 2024. The Spain national team is one of the great candidates to win the Euro title, and when it comes to talking about the best teams in the world, the coach Luis de la Fuente He remembered Colombia.
With the surprising defeat of Belgium against SlovakAs of June 17, the Colombia selection It was the only undefeated team since 2023 and will make its debut against Paraguay in the Copa América, Monday, June 24 at 5:00 PM, with 23 games without losing, 20 under the era of Nestor Lorenzo. One of these victories was against Spain.
On March 22, 2024, Colombia showed that it is ready to play head-to-head with the great teams in the world and beat Spain one to zero. After this friendly match, Luis de la Fuente He noted about the Tricolor that ““We had a very powerful rival in front of us”. The coach watched the game again and confirmed the praise for the Colombian team, saying that “It is a great team that we knew would also put us in difficulties.”.
Although Néstor Lorenzo did not agree when the praise of both the Spanish and Romanian coaches put Colombia among the best teams in the world by saying that “no no. The truth is that we work game by game. Each game is a new problem and each situation must be resolved“; the Spanish coach put again to the Tricolor at the top.
Spain started with two victories in the Euro 2024 against Croatia and Italy. What was a priori called the ‘death group’, the Spanish resolved it before the last match of the group stage against Albania on June 24 at 2:00 PM and are already classified for the round of 16. The time came to talk about the good play demonstrated and Luis de la Fuente did not hesitate to remember the Colombian National Team in the middle of the Euro.
The coach of Spain remembered Colombia in the middle of the Euro Cup
De la Fuente spoke with ESPN in the middle of the Euro Cup and when they asked him if he believed that Spain was prepared to compete with the Argentine National Team he ended up mentioning the Tricolor. “We are a great team, we have very important individuals, but above all the team feeling. We have played against Brazil and Colombia. I know Argentina very well, They are great selectionsjust like there are other teams in Europe, but I think that in my assessment I always say that we are prepared to compete at the highest level with the best in the world. That’s why we also consider ourselves among the best in the world.”stated the Spanish coach.
The difference between Colombia and Spain in the latest FIFA ranking
The last update of the FIFA ranking occurred on June 20, 2024, just the day the Copa América 2024 began, and the Spain National Team was placed in eighth place with 1729.92 points. He will surely rise some positions after the Euro Cup. For its part, Colombia remained in position 12 with 1669.44 points, four places behind the Spanish and a difference of 60.48 points.
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