Spain vs. England Preview: Have the best 2 teams made the EURO Final? | ESPN FC

Spain vs. England Preview: Have the best 2 teams made the EURO Final? | ESPN FC

just a reminder how both teams got there for Spain they had to of course get past Germany and then France to set up the final with England but much tougher for GIS Southgate side obviously got through Switzerland on penalties and then that late winner FY Watkins sets them up then to take on Spain on Sunday Danny Olo has been talking about the match groundbreaking stuff here I think the best two teams reach the final it’s always like this in a tournament the ones who win the most are in the final it’s the same of this tournament this year uh Juliana George this is like you writing that’s not fair hey is he right these the best two teams I mean Spain for sure I think we all agree on that not just the best team but the team that played the best football the team that is really fun to watch the most fun to watch I don’t I’m not sure if england have really been the second best team in this tournament but they found their way to get there is hasn’t been easy he hasn’t been straightforwards but the most important regardless of who’s the best team or not is that both of them are in the final and over a single game anything is possible that’s what you pretty much say in it Frank with regards to a final it doesn’t matter how you got there oh yeah yeah that’s the most important thing that’s a very political comment that denmo did yes and well he has the right to say it but we have to think we have the right to think differently uh but overall yeah England is in in the final and uh if they win they’re going to be the best and that’s how you define you know history and that’s what it is nobody’s going to remember what Germany for example did at the beginning of the tournament how Spain how good Spain were if england wins that’s what you’re going to remember in a decade yeah Germany probably the second best team yeah sh very be fair if we’re talking best team um yeah listen with all question and I think to Daniel Mo’s Point once the group stages are done I think the best team from either half of the bracket has now fall its way to the final but as we’ve established one half of the bracket was a whole lot easier than the other so that that aside and again I while to to Frank’s Point what Daniel Mo has to say really is a politicians answer in a tournament where we’ve had we’ve had players come out and make statements that other teams other players could pin up on on the notice board and use um this is the sensible thing this is is what we would would have done in our day nobody goes out making ridiculous stat that’s your fren well um but in that kind of tournament this is exact what the doctor ordered from a Spanish point of view say something which means absolutely nothing Daniel Mo got that right at least anything You’ like to add nope he’s very happy Jules we heard daddy ELO talking as well that it’s going to feel like an away match for them because the majority of the tickets will be English yeah so officially I mean each team has 10,000 tickets uh given by UFA to their Federation so the Spanish Federation the English Federation to then sell on to their own fans but you can obviously buy tickets outside of your fa and I think a lot of English English people English fans have already done that we know there’s a lot of flights coming over now tonight and also tomorrow all day and Sunday from England that all the hotels have almost sold out here in Berlin because of all the English fans so there will be a lot of them we thinking between 100,000 and 150,000 not all of them will have tickets but I think a lot of them are traveling here to be here in case England finally wins something because then we should all remind you and and Maca obviously that it’s been a long time that you haven’t won anything for Frank and I it’s a bit different we win all the time so you should come over here as well how long’s it been Jules too long 58 years how much of a difference does it make having the majority of the fans on side does it make a difference I don’t think it makes a great deal of difference no because there’s going to be a lot of Euro 96 it must have no no but Euro 96 you know as the home nation I think it is overwhelmingly making a difference but England played the Netherlands in the last round and and the Netherlands had the majority of the crowd because they were they were so close of course to get to um to get to Germany so I don’t think it’ll it’ll it’ll matter a lot they’re noisier but they always are noisier they’ll always travel more than the Spanish because English fans will travel more than the Spanish um but I don’t think it’ll I don’t think it’ll play a major part in the end it’s you know the fans are not playing on on the pitch are they if Spain scored early the fans will be quiet it’s as simple as that and you have to that’s what you have to do when you have an away game or a tough game for your country away from home or a tough Champions League game you have to quieten the crowd down there’s going to be no difference to the Spanish the best example is Liverpool against Real Madrid in Paris where the amount of English fans were it was huge and U well Liverpool lost so so it’s uh it’s good for the fans it doesn’t well it’s nice in the meaning of it but on the pitch it doesn’t yeah I I think I think it plays a little bit of a difference and and the only reason I say that is because you ask anybody do you prefer to have a majority of fans or minority of fans in a stadium everybody goes majority so it plays a part but ultimately um it it what you do on the pitches is obviously what what determines it in the World Cup final did make a difference exactly and and just so you know we did not make any political comment but we we we were happier to play against Brazil than Netherlands yeah also but I think the Netherlands were better because you were at home of course how many um majority of fans did did you have because it was at home I remember in the corner we saw the Brazilian fans you could see them because of the yellow color so we could see them I think they they were maybe I would say 15,000 maybe okay and uh so you had a significant amount but you have to know that you have lots of comps people paying you know with with companies and everything so you have neutral fans as well yeah well I would say yeah we were at least we had 50,000 fans here yeah two days to go until the final maybe a little desperate for Content let’s get Jules combined 11 shall we between England and Spain going into the match in Berlin take us through it Jules yeah so this one is based on the current form right this this is how those players have thank you thank you again for the photo I love that photo my man would love that photo oh yeah it was a long time ago a long time well that’s a that’s a compliment B zen zen look like him yeah with that quiff right let’s get back to the team and the most important thing right this is the form so the current form of those players so pick four in Gold because especially on penalties I think he would be added added value compared to nice Simon Kavala right back kukura left back because kukura especially suddenly had hit a form that none of us would have expected before the tournament Jon Stones uh is there at Center back and I went for Laport simply because I think gay could have been there gay was suspended for one game Laport didn’t play the first game against Croatia but laort faced probably tougher position as we’ve been saying in that side of the draw then the Midfield three so have decided to go with Dano as a first n because neither Morata or Kane are really faned the two young Spanish swingers make a lot of sense and then in Midfield having Dano slightly higher up men that could have Fabian Ree and rodri who’ve been standing for Spain and Kobe Mayu because I really like the three games that Kobe Manu started for England and he didn’t take Garis sgate as a he didn’t take gar South Kate either I ium everyone kind of agrees with that yeah Accord to that will’ll be about 6 nil he got two English players to the nine Spanish and Spanish manager you disagree shank no no I don’t no would have chosen gay instead of La I think gay as a tremendous part of what England was capable of doing defensively I think it was is a good surprise from the uh English Squad do you know what’s interesting though if you were to do a combined 11 at the start of the tournament it would look absolutely different to that and what if I’ve done one already for us to have a look at let’s take a look at this look at this combin look at that picture yes beautiful like you’ve got car photo car how and Rod you st that’s it isn’t it and I think that’s probably Fair get us two to three for sure karella would have karella is not there isn’t you picked this before the tournament started no if we were you did that yesterday when did you do this this is a mad team but I did this this morning tripier because this is what you would have wouldn’t it no why who would you have you would have you did it this morning you’d have karella over it this is if you were to pick it at the start of the tour start the tournament before before any before the competition yeah would you why if you done it at the start of the tournament why you would why wouldn’t you put Luke Shaw in it then if luk Shaw he hasn’t he hasn’t played well start is he on Su play at all Tripp yes but he’s play better than Kella no you you are off say again no no but he’s not playing on the Sun follow your logic yeah he’s not follow your logic about at the start of the tournament at the you picked it today tourn my point is that on paper in theory this England team going into this tournament was so much stronger wasn’t it yes than Spain I’m with you I’m with you you how could put trippier at laugh when if I can have a word if I can have a word it’s either tripier or Kula at the beginning of the competition it’s not because doesn’t play left back so I pick no how could you put Tripp left the first time every night together and the first time I I did you I mean what nonsense why didn’t they ask me to pick the tournament so can can you see the rest of it just just on the left I’m cry there we go you see because obviously with the form going into the tournament it this would be the starting 11 what form going into the tournament but foden was the player of the Premier League Bellingham put tripping him was what a stop have put on the right side no I think you would have Sak thank you Frank for trying I try to you know change the subject about and Saka just I mean this wasn’t my idea sorts of nonsense change the this J say something anyway col anyway colia argen look at their combin L at the start of the Jules I thought it was a stupid idea from the beginning but hey I just I was just saying that you know might though maybe would have a that’s that was my only point right let’s very good you reget honestly that that was you don’t regret for coming to that was the most forever Frank that’s it just Tripp he’s never played left back in his life suddenly got him in the team how many times you said that it’s not it’s not against him it’s it’s not against me it wasn’t my idea [Music]

ESPN FC’s Dan Thomas, Frank Leboeuf, Skaka Hislop, Steve McManaman and Julien Laurens preview the UEFA EURO 2024 Final between Spain and England and debate if the two best teams have made it. Juls also reveals his combined XI from the squads and how it compares to a hypothetical version Dan created at the start of the tournament.

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