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'There’s no team better than us': Spain’s De la Fuente

Updated on: 22 June,2024 08:11 AM IST  |  Germany
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Spain dominated the match at the Arena AufSchalke and could easily have won by a greater margin, with Nico Williams hitting the bar in the second half.

'There’s no team better than us': Spain’s De la Fuente

Luis de la Fuente

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente insisted his side are as good as any at Euro 2024 after they produced an outstanding performance to beat reigning champions Italy 1-0 on Thursday and qualify for the last 16.


“I am delighted and proud not just with the result against a great side, the reigning European champions, but with the way in which we got it, but this is a very difficult competition,” De la Fuente told reporters after Riccardo Calafiori’s own goal decided the Group B match in Gelsenkirchen. “Opponents get to know you as you go along and so it is very hard to win a competition like this, but I think there is no team better than us and we just need to keep working and playing as we have been.” Spain dominated the match at the Arena AufSchalke and could easily have won by a greater margin, with Nico Williams hitting the bar in the second half.


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The result means the three-time European champions have six points out of a possible six and are already certain to finish on top of Group B, before their last match against Albania. “Football is physical but it is also about technique and tactics. We felt superior in every aspect, but we can still improve a lot, although we will keep our feet on the ground because every match is really difficult,” De la Fuente said of his team’s display. “I think it was undoubtedly the best game of the 17 of which I have taken charge, the most complete,” said the 62-year-old.

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