Tthree names were acclaimed above the rest when the speaker of the Federation announced the national team players in Murcia. The first was that of Lamine Yamal. Afterwards, the one of Luis de la Fuente. And the third one that blew up the decibel meter was Marc Cucurella
The Chelsea full-back has become a social phenomenon. An absolute idol for the Spanish fans. In Murcia he did not play a single minute, but his appearance to warm up midway through the second half caused the stands to roar and the shout of “Cucurella, Cucurella” takes over the environment.
That empathy between the stands and cucurella It was built during the Euro Cup. Marc arrived in Germany as a supposed substitute for Grimaldo. Or, at least, with fewer options than Alejandro Grimaldo to start against Croatia
But it was he who De la Fuente chose for the premiere in Berlin. That match against the Croatians left a first flirtation between cucurella and the fans.
Cucurella did it again and the fans went crazy with his famous song
But it was in the second game, the one in Italy, in which the crush was devastating. Spain, although the final score was only 1-0, surpassed the four-time world champions. The Cucurella match was a spectacle of dedication and duels won. It was in Gelserkirchen where what today is a war cry of the Spanish fans began to become popular.
Throughout the Euro, the figure of cucurella He became a benchmark, the face of a team that conquered Spain and the world with its game and its day-to-day life.
The naturalness with which he spoke of the hand against Germany was added to the fact that the pass that ended with the goal of Oyarzabal that gave Spain the Euro Cup. They were two moments that ended up turning Cucurella into a national idol.
This was seen in the celebrations in Madrid and in everything that has been generated around it since then. What was experienced in Murcia It will be repeated in Córdoba. It is a bet that can only be won.
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One of the changes
cucurella It will be one of the variations that Luis de la Fuente introduces into the eleven tonight. The rotation on the left-handed side was already used by the coach in the previous window.
The changes will not be numerous, but we have to see how it resolves From the Source the departure of Lamine Yamal’s team. The natural thing is Bryan Zaragoza, but there are more options.
