Spain are 'REALLY DESERVING' to be EURO 2024 Champions - Luis Garcia | ESPN FC 

Spain won European championship for the 4th time. England never won European championship. Spain play beautiful football, they didn't lose any final in last 23 final played. Spain is the real home of European Football.

No disrespect Nicol. But Luis de la Fuente is: European Champion U-19 winner (2015) European Champion U-21 winner (2019) Olimpic Finalist U-23 (silver) (2020) Nations League winner 2022-2023 If you didnt heared about him until 9 months ago… that’s on you. You are a journalist in European football mate

Don't know why Scotsman Stewart is hating on Southgate. In Scotland we love Southgate, he consistently allows us to sleep without any noise from our neighbour! We will be cheering his reappointment.

Congratulations to Spain 🇪🇦 It was a Treat to watch this Team... Vamos Spain

Truth is, the real final was played when Spain 🇪🇸 played Germany 🇩🇪

Vamos espana. Congrats to laporte who was ignored by France and today a euro winner with spain.

This is very significant. Spain beat Croatia, Italy,Germany,France and England. Only Germany was able to take them to extra time. Well deserved champion.

Spain have a TEAM in capital letters, England have a group of stars football players(they seems don´t have chemical) they don´t have a soul, play like robots!!! Spain has the best tournament in the history of Euro 7 win straight.....First time ever a team can do this..... The best team, thank God, won!!!!!

The media are always overrating english players because of the EPL, they dont even know who half the Spanish players are 😂, if the did they wouldn't be saying their players are better 😂

Compared to England?...........Spain has best players, best coach, best team, best football league, best weather, best food, best looking people, best country.

Dan and the entire English media are delusional believing they had the better players against the Spanish side. The English believe the EPL is the best league and a lot of their players come from the EPL so they are top players but the reality is La Liga is far superior tactically from a player and coach standpoint. England's best player plays in Spain and has gotten better. The reality is Spain has set the standard for football currently both for the men and women's game and everyone else is just catching up. The English media and Dan can stay delusional and believe they have a chance in 2026, but they have no chance. They shouldn't even have been in this Euro final. They had the easier bracket and barely got through it.

Si los Jugadores Españoles son Peores, son desconocidos, pero mientras sigan ganando que nos quiten lo bailao, al final no hay que hablar tanto, hay que demostrar y eso lo hacen bien los Españoles.

Yes , they go the hard way againts good teams like Italy, Croatia, Germany, and France.

I would like to add that the Spanish media in general did not expect this result at all ....and in fact the Spanish coach ( politely ) has reiterated on several occasions that he knew the boys perfectly well ....since they were kids in lower level teams ...that he and the group had a very high confidence ...and that they knew they played well....

In this case, the trainer and his qualities have been more than fundamental.

Espanha CAMPEÃ EUROPEIA, "vitória do futebol"... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Although the wingers from Spain were exceptional, the key of this Spanish team success is the midfield. Rodri, Fabian and Olmo were incredible for several reasons: 1. They took control of all the games (7) 2. They dictate the tempo taking away the speed of fast teams like Germany, France and England (Brazil did it in the seventies, slowing down the game and the fast European teams they could never find their rhythm) 3. Taking control in midfield they split the opposite team and their forwards were always totally isolated from their midfielders 4. In any giving moment any of the midfielders became a false 9, a winger, or an attacking midfielder with the opposite defenders always caught unprepared 5. They regain possession isolating the opposite players and pressuring them like a wolf pack in specific areas. The real reason why England lost against Spain is because they didn't have an specific plan or style to play their games and they relied more in individual brilliance than in a collective strategy for their games.

better name doesn’t equal better player

As a kid in boarding school in Kent i thought i was a good Footballer until a yourug Spanish kid joined our class, Cesar vitton, when he joined the under 12 team he was out of this world,natural talent,you couldn't get the ball off him,I asked him where he learned that,he said in Spain we all play like this. Spanish players are just natural footballers,they learn it from young

I don't get how anybody can call a team who hasn't won a trophee in 58 years favourites...England were not favourites.

Felicidadez hermanos de Espana de Los Italos.

The best team in the tournament won and well deserved. The final of this tournament was played when they eliminated Germany. A solid defensive, solid midfield and a very strong attack. A team that is very strong collectively but also have one of the best individual players in the tournament in terms of technical ability and natural talent.

Actually Spain started last year (Nation League) so more is coming, I am sure this is the new Golden Generation, Vamos Espana ❤

Spain will be a very scary team come 2026. We would have in their prime : Balde, Gavi, Pedri, Curbasi, Ansu , and many other talents if they stay injury free 🔥

Olmo, Rodri, Yamal and Niko. All of them equally deserved the POTT. I hate how the media just focuses on what's marketable.

Bellingham's ego is out of control. No doubt he's a very good player especially for his age, but he seems to think he's the next Messi or Ronaldo. lol It's so aggravating to see him fall down and constantly moan for fouls, or get angry with his teammates over mistakes. Your career just started, man. Check yourself.

En las estadísticas fue mejor España, en el partido también. En las complicadas eliminatorias lo hizo perfecto y marcó record de goles, unicamente necesitó una prórroga para eliminar a toda una Alemania anfitriona. Ha sido espectacular y además es muy divertido de ver.

They keep on saying the English players are better. Seriously?

De la Fuente has numerous accolades as a trainer coaching the youth teams in the Spanish Federation over a 10-year period. He was also a great left back in Athletic Bilbao among other teams as a player. To say you don’t know him can go both ways, Mr.Pundit.

Carvajal, Morata, and Laporte are the only current starters for Spain that will be older than 30 in 2026. This team is going to be scary.

De La Feunte coached these players in u18s and u21s. He built this team starting years ago. Spain built the right way. From the name on team sheet to the 26th person on roster, they all play as one cohesive unit. The funny thing about that Addidas promo was Bellingham represented England and Spain was represented by Pedri Lamine Nico and one or two others.

A random thought I had watching this - most of the players from England's starting XI come from clubs where others are the risk takers. - Kane/Bayern - Sane, Musiala, Coman, etc. - Bellingham/Real - Vinni, Rodrygo (Jude kind of takes risks, but still need a good bit of link up play, AND has dropped form like Stevie said) - Foden/City - Doku (city's system doesn't really require players to take people on like Yamal/Williams do) - Saka/Arsenal - he DOES take people on, but he wasn't able to link up play with Kane well who's in some regard a poacher/immobile The ones who ARE the risk takers are the people who were coming off the bench (Watkins, Palmer, Eze) and they immediately were breaking lines, earning chances. I think that combined with the pressure of the Euros, plus being labeled a golden generation, and the learned (club) reliance on others to take risk led to maybe a fear of going forward? Idk, I'm just another bloke with another opinion who never will make it to a starting XI hahah

Let me tell you all something big , the elephant in the room . Spain is slowly but surely , since pep barca , becoming the real brazil of the world . And that's sad for brazil and the old generation like me .

Dan's still doing it - "England have all the better players".

Regardless of the headline its all about England. We want to hear about the winning team please

Spain will win 2026 WC .. Yamal will win the Ballon d'Or in the same year ..Pin this comment

For example in this case, Spain has been nurtured by players formerly under 21 and lower categories .... and the coach is characterized by having been precisely the one who has led these teams (especially under 21) ... knows the players and their skills .... and has kept players who have been champions in lower categories .... has not been carried away by the "names" and has created or maintained over time team with players "winners" selection at different levels .... Team and confidence. Sorry about my English!!!😅😅😅

Bellingham for Balon d’or should be Illegal. absolutely no way

No noise pollution Thank you .

That England had the best players? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Only one or two English players (Bellingham, Saka) would be starters for the Spanish team.

How England has better players I don't understand. England has popular players not more skilled than Spain. Technically almost all Spanish players are better.

People, like Robson, who are criticising Bellingham didn't really watch the game. The reason he looks tired at times is because of his style of play. He is the only midfielder we have who is prepared to drive with the ball into opposition territory. If you actually watched the game you would have seen how massive his contribution was to our equaliser. Firstly, he made himself available for Pickford to throw the ball out quickly. Under enormous pressure from the Spanish midfielder he managed to control Pickford's throw and lay it off perfectly to Palmer. Palmer then found Saka out wide. Bellingham was then the only England player who drove into the penalty area in order to give Saka an option. When Saka played the ball to him his lay off to Palmer was so perfect that Palmer only had to run onto it and slide it in the direction of the goal. It seems like Bellingham's rise has been so meteoric that many people just want a reason to bring him down. The fellas top drawer. Boost him up, don't try to tear him down. You can't win us the World Cup because you ain't on the pitch. He can.

They beat England, Germany, France, Italy and Croatia! They are definitely deserving the cup.

Jude has developed a bad ego and his attitude had changed. I hope he came back to be his real self and start performing for the team.

England must change their style of play which inevitably means a change of head coach. No title in 58 years is a national disgrace.

Brexit means brexit

Sincerely, I have always thought that coaches and their tactics have a clear influence on how their team plays..... The ideal is to have the ability to adapt the systems to the players' profiles ...and to have the capacity to modify tactical designs throughout the match ..... In Spain and Germany, for some time now, coaches have been appearing who know very well how to make their teams play..... regardless of the names of the players....I think that some players of the English national team would stand out much more playing with Spain ...clearly coach the key...

Everyone is allowed to make predictions, but remember this is football, which means that teams and team spirit are more important than individual performances. Hopefully, Spain, with their attractive style, will be contending in the World Cup 2026. Favorites? Too early to talk about that.

I told my mates Spain would win before the euros started and I was laughed at. Now everybody wants to hop on the wagon

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España es la mejor ❤❤

Maybe England's players just arent good enough.

Nobody deserved anything, you win cause you are good, you are the best, period.

When will it ever come home😢

Well, there are 2 French players who are now happy with their decision to become Spaniards.

And the media still going to think that Rodri shouldn't win the ballon dor? Just like how they think a certain club in France will remain "useless". 🤣🤣

Rodri deserve to win the player of the Euro. He has been the heart of the midfield for Man City and also Spain. Both coach bring out the best in Rodri. He links the attack and defense with right moves and precision. Giving assurance to the defenders and also the attacking players.

On paper the ENGLISH think they have world class players but they don't have them, there world class players at club level playing with world class players beside them, when they all get 2 gether with ENGLAND there all just normal Joe bloggs, also the game is not played on paper but on grass

You You hear the pundits ? When you compare the England players to the spainsh players ,the England players are better ...they feel prestige means youre better. Half of these England players not getting into that Spanish team

Anyone else think Cucurella was player of tournament?

Hey Garrett, football did not come home. Football went South, to the Gate of Spain.

England doesn't have the better players compared to Spain..they are not so good as the english public and press think..as long as they don't realise this, nothing will change there..

The Spaniards looked like they were selected from the same team based on their chemistry.

“They were all over him trying to kiss his face” Stevie is a legend

We have people in Spain that speak English. Why interview this guy?

The real Stevie is back

The best Thing English media can do to their players is NOT HYPE THEM EARLY AND A LOT They are already started with Mainoo Let these kids develop naturally

Germany fan here undoubtedly deserved win. Irrespective to what the referee had done ( or didn't do actually, and being unfair to Germany). Spain is the undisputed king of European football now at least. When never lose a point, beat 4 wold cup winners/ World class teams, and a World Cup runner-up on your way to the trophy says it all, Congratulations! It very much felt like peak Madird / Peak Barca blended together. They won the trophy the moment they were done with Germany, that was the final. It was their hardest game .

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

Paris, Rome, Buenos Aires then Madrid. Why is the parade ignoring London? 😁

I expected England, and the players, to bring up their playing level and then, to win Euro 2024. UEFA Euro cup is a highly prized world cup level tournament of the football national teams of Europe. For England: Their last trophy at the national level is World Cup 1966, played in England.

You guys all talking like England was entitled to win. It's foreign players that make the Epl good.

Rodri deserved the player of the tournament award

Wait until Pep becomes the Spain coach. International football will never be the same.

What's with the background music when we are trying to listen to your expects????

Is it time to say spanish league is the best in terms of football technicality playng quality football??

Southgate is the kinda Guy that wears a life jacket in the shower

Never challenge the spanish when it comes to finals,,, dominance....🇪🇸

'Speed, possession, aggression.' He put it in a nutshell. Great stuff. Peace and love

Funny how spanish team is a very cross generation team.. the older morata and carvajal, the prime fabian rodri olmo cucurela, the younger yamal nico pedri, and 2 french guys..

Spain and spanish players are way ahead of the English players….both technically and tactically. The difference was clearly visible. England were lucky not to lose 5-1 or so. Massive drubbing avoided. God was kind on them.

Many players become frustrated by lack of quality ball.

I think Olmo should’ve been given Player of the tournament instead of Rodri.

Sapain in 2026...Will be the World champ

Southgate against top 10 teams in the world 25 matches played 4 wins

To be honest, how did England get to the final? They played horrible football. Their path to the final was much easier than Spain's

English players are overhyped. England is overrated. Even so, they do have talented players, but Southgate didn't set the team up in a way for those players to shine.

Southgate is out!!! Excellent news. Now England just needs a good coach who can play to players strengths, stop playing Kane and then maybe win trophies

The shear arrogance calling tactical/possession football ‘boring’ you know how much they know about football. It’s the same ideology and style, just with better and faster wingers.

England fans and media hyped up so much and that’s the issue

I have to come to ESPN for honest analysis. English press have really pulled their punches, despite the whining from the England camp. Another wasted opportunity for England.

ESPN should turn comments off for videos from now on.

I really hoped to see Wharton to play. He would had made a difference.

Spain had better soccer brains on the field. And they have some of the most exciting players in the world... I'm surprised the guys didn't talk about Dani Olmo. That guy made it everything happen going through the middle of field. He was not only the one that saved the day in the last minute with that header off the line but he created so many wonderful things to the center of the field. I think he deserves as much credit as the wingers. It's so good to see players like that take a game over. Soain played with courage and bravery and creativity they played on the front foot and they were incredibly fun to watch. England would never have made it to the final if they were on the other side of the bracket. They were lucky to be there. And it shows that talent without the right mentality and the right team synergy isn't enough. It's brilliant move by the Spanish soccer federation to have such a gifted youth coach who's had so many of these guys at some point in their careers. He knows the players they all have had the same principles drilled into them. And it just worked!

England will keep losing as long as they keep playing reactive football. They were predictable.

Congratulations to Spain on winning Euro for record 4th time very well deserved they are best team in the tournament and Kane curse is real if England want to win trophies then Kane should not be in the team also Foden Saka

EPL lost in CL. England lost in Europe

Jude Bellingham is forcing himself to be a great player not knowing u don’t force yourself to be a good and great player

In 2022 WC England got to the Semifinals, not Quarterfinals.

Delusional people believing English players are the best yet they never won a trophy in more than 4 decades.. No ballon d’or award to an English player for as far as I can remember. Y’all keep hyping your lads, keep hyping your league. sadly it’s the only thing stopping your success! When you start being honest with yaselfs, then maybe you can start getting it right!