After having to overcome problems ahead of the 2016 European Championship and the 2018 World Cup, “La Roja” enters Euro 2020 having to deal with the scare of a COVID-19 outbreak that could jeopardize its title chances. =
Spain's preparations for the European Championship have taken a hit after captain Sergio Busquets tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday and is in danger of missing key games at the tournament.
Since winning back-to-back European Championships with the 2010 World Cup title in between, Spain has been a flop at major football tournaments as the team’s aging veterans lost their luster.
The veteran defender, however, is still attracting much of the attention ahead of the European Championship as Spain starts its preparations in Madrid.
Spain coach Luis Enrique said Ramos' lack of play recently made it difficult for the Real Madrid defender to be included in the Euro 2020 squad.
FIFA said Friday it approved the switch of eligibility after the French soccer federation consented to the Spanish federation’s request.
Luis Enrique also had to answer questions after the match about his decision to leave captain Sergio Ramos off the squad.
The humiliating 6-0 loss to Spain in the Nations League on Tuesday was the biggest for a German team since a 6-0 thrashing against Austria in a friendly in Berlin in 1931.
Fati injured his left knee in Barcelona's 5-2 win over Real Betis in the Spanish league on Saturday.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeal by Munir El Haddadi in an urgent ruling sought by the player and the Moroccan football federation before African Cup of Nations qualifying games this month.
Spain coach Luis Enrique recalled Juventus striker Álvaro Morata after Spain struggled with just one goal in three matches.
Real Madrid and Spain forward missed most of last season after knee surgery and although he was able to return after the break for the coronavirus, another knee injury interrupted his start to the new season.
Spain and Germany secured victories in their Nations League matches against Switzerland and Ukraine respectively.
Real Sociedad forward's diagnostic test for the virus came back negative but that he was shown to have antibodies for SARS-CoV-2.
Spain coach Luis Enrique includes Traore in his squad on Friday for three upcoming matches, three days after Mali did the same.
Fati scored Spain’s third goal from outside the area in the 32nd minute to become the country's youngest scorer at the age of 17 years, 311 days.
Fati, a 17-year-old forward born in Guinea-Bissau, chose to play for Spain and had already been summoned for the nation's under-21 squad.
Spain's oldest goalscorer and Athletic Bilbao's 'charismatic' striker Artiz Aduriz announced his retirement from football on Wednesday.
Spain has been without football since March 12, two days before the nation went into a strict lockdown under a state of emergency to battle its savage coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 22,000 lives.
Moreno was promoted from assistant coach to take charge of Spain in June when Luis Enrique left to be with his ill 9-year-old daughter. She died in August after a five-month battle against a type of bone cancer.
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