Spain against history against Germany

Sometimes it has to be the good and the completely self-conscious that this generation wants to go down in history by winning the fourth European Championship, although first they have to break another historical wall . And the Spanish team has never been able to defeat a host in a final stage, either in the European or world. Germany await in the quarterfinals and this will be the most important test that Luis de la Fuente’s team will face.

In a World Cup, Spain He faced the team of the country hosting the tournament on four occasions. The first time against Italy, in 1934, they lost in the quarterfinals after a playoff match they called “the robbery of the century,” because legend has it that dictator Benito Mussolini pulled the strings so that Italy would pass by La Roja also lost in 1950 against Brazil and finished fourth in that World Cup, while in 2002 in Korea everyone remembers the two goals that Egyptian referee Al Ghandour disallowed in the quarterfinals. Finally, Russia ended the best generation of Spanish football in 2018, a defeat in the round of 16 that closed a cycle.

Precedents against hosts

World:
1934: Italy-Spain (1-1/0-1, in the quarterfinals)
1950: Brazil-Spain (1-6, last group)
2002: Spain-Correa (0-0, (3-5), in the quarterfinals)
2018: Spain-Russia (1-1, (3-4), in the round of 16)
European Cup:
1980: Spain-Italy (0-0, in the group stage)
1984: Spain-France (0-2, final)
1988: Spain-Germany (0-2, in the group stage)
1996: Spain-England (0-0 (2-4), in the quarterfinals)
2004: Spain-Portugal (0-1, in the group stage)

Naa European CupOn the other hand, the Spanish team could not go beyond a draw against Italy in the 1980 group stage, while in 1984 they lost in the final against Platini’s great France at the Parc des Princes. In the following continental championship, Spain had a bye in the group stage. Although they started by losing to Denmark, they lost against Italy and everything was on the line against Germany, who won 2-0.

The next time La Roja faces the organizing country of Euro It was in England, in 1996. In the quarterfinals, the English team coached by Terry Venables defeated Clemente’s team in a penalty shootout after the failures of Hierro and Nadal. The last time was against Portugal. Spain drew against Greece in the second match and play against the Portuguese, who won the lowest and sent their neighbors home.

Now it’s in their Red locker room as another challenge. They avoid thinking too much about the past and look only to the present and the future. And that happens by beating Germany, because they want to make history.