Luis de la Fuente reflected on Lamine Yamal’s “touch of genius” in one breath, and then in the next eulogised about the “26 geniuses” he had at his disposal. On one point, however, he was more than clear: as his Spain side marched into the Euro 2024 final, to face either England or the Netherlands on Sunday, there is more to come from them.
“Insatiable,” was how De La Fuente described a group of players who arrived in Germany perhaps a little under the radar, but have grown and improved into the tournament. “This may surprise you more than it surprises us,” De La Fuente told the assembled media after beating France 2-1 in Munich. “We knew the raw materials we had. We knew the quality of these footballers.
