The Euro 2024 final can be cast as a showdown between two playmakers of England and Spain who differ in styles and can each write the story of which nation will end Sunday as the continent’s champion .
Phil Foden is the firefly maestro of the half-turn who drifts between the front and midfield lines to prompt and trigger England’s attacking play. Rodri is a deeper-lying metronome who initiates Spain forays from near to the rearguard and then pads forward to continue knitting the team pattern.
