Martin
Zubimendi Tomorrow, together with the rest of his teammates from the Spanish Under-21 team, begins the assault towards the title of European champion in the category that the state team still holds after its triumph two years ago with the generation in which, among others, they figured Igor
Zubeldia, Mikel
Oyarzabal Y Mikel
Merino. The man from San Sebastian can succeed his current teammates who are not the only ones to have achieved the honeys of victory in this category. The representation of Real in the U21 has been constant throughout history to the point that in four of the five titles that Spain has conquered there were footballers txuri urdin.
Txiki
Begiristain Y Agustin
Elduayen were part of the team that achieved the first championship of Europe
Sub–twenty-one in view of Italy on 1986. It took 13 years until Spain he sang victory again, in 1998, versus Greece, with a team in which Aitor
Lopez
Rekarte was the starting right back and Joseph
Felix
Warrior, who that summer had signed for the Real, was part of the call. The last decade has been the most glorious in the category for the Spanish Federation as it has won three of the last five editions disputed between 2011 Y 2019 (The tournament lasts two years and the final is biannual). Just in the European from makes
ten
years there were no Real players in the summons but Iñigo
Martinez and Illarramendi were key pieces in the team of Lopetegui in the victory of 2013 in view of Italy and those mentioned Oyarzabal, Zubeldia Y Merino they also carried a lot of weight in the title two years ago against Germany.
The turn to take over now comes to a Zubimendi that aims to be one of the mainstays of the team. In case there was any doubt, the Spanish coach, Lewis
from
the
Fountain, has made it clear in an interview on Radio Euskadi. “Zubimendi he is a permanent fixture, ”declared the one who was Athletic's left-back in the eighties, who has classified the San Sebastian as“ a player who has a different touch and who transmits a lot of tranquility, confidence and security ”. The Riojan gives the keys to the national team game to the txuri urdin, among other things because “the teammates know that he never fails, he is there to help everyone. It has very, very important conditions ”.
Spain will play tomorrow against Croatia the quarterfinals, a hypothetical semifinal would face the winner of the Portugal–Italy and in case of advancing to the final, it would be played next Sunday at nine o'clock at night. Holland, France, Germany Y Denmark make up the other part of the picture. The European title would be the best culmination for the campaign of consolidation in the elite of a Zubimendi who has played 41 of the 50 official games, 23 as a starter.