De la Fuente hails Spanish football dominance

Mr. Luis de la Fuente said that Spanish football needs to be appreciated more, after the country's U23 team won the Olympic gold medal.

Spain U23 won the 2024 Olympic gold medal with the excellent performance of Alex Baena and Fermin Lopez. Photo: RFEF

Spain U23 won 5-3 against host team France U23 to win the Olympic gold medal. This achievement helped Spanish football win the gold medal for the first time since the 1992 Olympics. Spain coach Luis de la Fuente knows the victory in Paris well. 3 years ago, he also led Spain U23 to the final of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but lost to Brazil U23. He was then appointed as coach of the Spanish national team, helping the team win the 2023 Nations League and EURO 2024. The 2024 Olympic men's football gold medal adds to a very successful period for Spanish football this summer. Before that, Spain won EURO 2024, the U19 team also won the continental tournament. Before that, Real Madrid also won the UEFA Champions League. With the women's team, they won the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Nations League. Unfortunately, at the 2024 Olympics, the Spanish women's team lost 0-1 to Germany in the bronze medal match. "Let's erase the prejudice about Spanish football, there is really no football that can achieve the achievements like this. Many people do not know what Spain has achieved this year and do not give Spanish football the proper respect. Tonight's gold medal will go down in the history of the Olympics and Spanish sport," Luis de la Fuente said on ESPN after witnessing the Spanish U23 team beat the French U23 team. The 63-year-old coach also praised Fermín López and Álex Baena, who won EURO 2024 with him before they joined the Spanish U23 team last month. They became two special players, along with France's Albert Rust in 1984, winning both the Olympic gold medal and the European Championship in the same summer. "Fermin and Baena were very generous. They wanted to be here to contribute, to play with their teammates, with a strong team, coached by a great technical team," concluded Luis de la Fuente.

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