PARIS : An ecstatic Luis de la Fuente, coach of Spain's senior national team, said his country's football should be more highly valued after the under-23 side's triumph in the final of the Olympic tournament against France on Friday.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Gold Medal Match - France vs Spain - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - August 09, 2024. Spain players celebrate with Santi Denia coach of Spain as men's national coach, Luis de la Fuente, looks on.
The manager asked people to appreciate the gold medal Santi Denia's squad won in Paris, the first for the country since 1992, and the hard work behind it following a summer where the Spanish under-19 team also claimed the European Championship title. "Also the under-19 team, under-21 European runners-up last year... Let's give importance to what has been achieved today, this is a historic night, we have lived an epic story that will go down in the history of the Olympics and Spanish sport."
They became the only two players, alongside France's Albert Rust in 1984, to win both titles in the same summer.
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