Luis de la Fuente insisted that Spain’s players are the best in the world and the selección has no limits after they “nullified” Italy in Gelsenkirschen. It took a Riccardo Calafiori own goal for Spain to seal the victory that secured them first place in the Group of Death with a game to spare but the level of performance made a mockery of how tight the scoreline was, with Luciano Spalletti admitting that his team could not live with Spain’s speed and precision.
De la Fuente described Spain as “fantastic” and said that it was the best they had played since he took over as coach following the 2022 World Cup. He also insisted that Spain would not be weakened by the eulogies that will now follow this display and that they still have margin for improvement.
