Legendary Spain manager Vicente del Bosque highlighted the positive aspects of La Roja's two primary stars in this tournament who come from migrant backgrounds ahead of their Euro 2024 quarter-final clash with Germany in Stuttgart.
Del Bosque explained in an interview with Cadena SER (via AS Diary) that he felt the mental block against die Mannschaft was over. This week there was a lot of controversy in the local media for both sides: del Bosque declared Spain the clear favorites, while Jens Lehamnn had called the Spanish side juvenile.
“The generation I was in had a complex about the Germans, they were better than us. But since the 2008 Euro Cup with Torres' goal in the final and then in the semi-final of the 2010 World Cup it has been suggested that we were at the same level. I look at the players individually and it is difficult for me to say a couple of players who could play for the Spanish national team.”
He also said how pleased he was to have Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams leading the side.
“We have two immigrants who have made us better, there are people who do not like immigrants very much. And how proud they are to be able to play for the Spanish National Team.”
Of course, they both spent their lives in Spain, but their parents made the journey to Spain across the Mediterranean. Lamine Yamal has in the past worn a flag of Guinea and Morocco on his boots, representing the country of his parents. Meanwhile Williams' parents crossed the Sahara desert to get to Spain from Ghana.
