Former national selectors Vicente del Bosque, Fernando Hierro, José Antonio Camacho and Javier Clemente agreed in pointing out Spain as one of the contenders for the title in the Euro Cup that has been postponed next year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The four participated in a colloquium within the second day of the 'Golden Coach Congress', in which they discussed the options of Spain, the other favorites to the continental crown and the young people who have been hitting hard and with whom the current one can count. national coach, Luis Enrique Martínez.
Clemente considered that the Asturian coach “has now” to renew a series of players because in his opinion the “Spanish team is undergoing transformation”, although he specified that the young people who are joining do not know what their performance will be like in a large final phase.
For the Basque coach, Italy, France, England, Holland and Spain start with the favorite lineup, to which Germany and Belgium added José Antonio Camacho, who pointed out that “it will take a year to see in what state they arrive and what happens with all this football evolution. “
Del Bosque, who guided Spain to the world title in South Africa ten years ago, assured that the 'Red' is “among these (teams) that are eligible for titles, it is nothing new.”
“Things are being done well. There are good kids, there are young people who are used to the National Team. There is no need to be afraid. On the contrary, you have to be optimistic,” he assured.
Meanwhile, Hierro, who coached Spain in the last World Cup in Russia, commented that “looking at the U21, who has been the European champion” there is hope, because he believed that it is important to achieve victories in lower categories.
In addition, he recalled the stage of dominance of Spain in continental and world soccer. “It may be very heavy with this, but getting two Euro Cups and a World Cup … they were six years of world supremacy and we did not know how to enjoy them enough,” he stressed.
The selection table was the last of this congress devised by coach Aitor Karanka held these past two days electronically, which he then closed with Juanjo Vila and Paco Díez, president of the Madrid Football Federation.