Spain
Reigning Euro champs, tournament favorites — then opened with a 0-0 against tiny Cape Verde.
Team rating
- Attack88
- Midfield91
- Defense84
Next matches
- Next upvs Saudi ArabiaMercedes-Benz Stadium, AtlantaJun 21
- vs UruguayEstadio Akron, ZapopanJun 26
The read
Spain are reigning European champions and a genuine favorite to win it all — then opened with a stunning 0-0 against World Cup debutants Cape Verde, firing off shot after shot and scoring none. The story everyone's watching: 18-year-old wonderkid Lamine Yamal wearing the #10 once worn by Spanish greats, with -winning midfielder Rodri back from a year-long knee injury holding the team together.
The fan’s readReigning European champions and a genuine title favorite, with 18-year-old Lamine Yamal in the #10 and Rodri back from injury holding it together — the redemption arc is loaded and inevitable.
Live storylines
- Spain — the champions who can't break a wall
Reigning European champions and many bookies' tournament favorite, built on the best young midfield in the world plus teenage phenom Lamine Yamal. The expectation is total dominance — anything less than a deep run is failure.
Stumbled out of the gate: 0-0 vs debutants Cape Verde (June 15), 27 shots and nothing to show. Yamal, just back from a hamstring injury, started on the bench. All four Group H teams are level on 1 point — the tightest group in the tournament.
The cast
- Luis de la FuenteSpaniard; ran Spain's youth national teams for nearly a decade before taking the senior job and winning Euro 2024manager
- Lamine Yamal ★An 18-year-old already called the best teenager football has ever produced — and Spain's title hopes ride on his hamstring.ClubBarcelona
- PedriThe quiet metronome at the heart of what may be the best midfield ever assembled — the engine of the tournament favorites.ClubBarcelona
- RodriThe reigning best midfielder in the world — back from a year-long injury.
