Spain wants to match what Germany did in the 2026 World Cup

According to a report published by the German News Agency. The Spanish national team He enters World Cup 2026, is expected to happen US andCanada andMexico Between June 11 and July 19, I am eager to emulate what happened in the golden age led by the last coach Luis Aragones and then Vicente del Bosque.

And that was it Spain He started his golden era by winning honours European Nations Cup Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria, before achieving the title World Cup 2010 in South Africa under Del Bosque, then cemented his international dominance by winning Euro 2012 after sweeping Italy 4-0 in the final.

However, this did not prevent the Spanish team from a sudden collapse later, when it exited the 2014 World Cup in Brazil in the first round after heavy losses to the Netherlands and Chile, although it entered the competition as the owner of the country.

The same failure was repeated after Spain dominated Europe for the first time in 1964, when the team went out early in the World Cup in England in 1966.

The report showed that Germany It is the only European team that won before Spain in combining the titles of the continent and the world, when they won the European Championship of 1972 and then won the World Cup of 1974 on home soil, led by the legends Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller.

On the other hand, the European title turned into a “curse” for many teams, after failing to build on their continental success during the next World Cup.

Among these teams are Czechoslovakia, who won Euro 1976 but missed out on the 1978 World Cup, in addition to. The Danish national team Euro 1992 qualifiers 1994 World Cup.

Euro 2004 also experienced one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s history, as Greece won the title and defeated Portugal, but failed to reach the 2006 World Cup.

The event was repeated in an exciting way by the Italian national team, which won the title Euro 2020 But he failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, before it was confirmed that he would not be in the 2026 World Cup, missing out on a third consecutive international tournament.

The failure was not only an early exit or absence from the World Cup, but … European experts They came close to the world title before losing in the final minutes, like Italy, the champion of Euro 1968, who lost the final of the World Cup in 1970 to Brazil, and West Germany, the champion of Euro 1980, who settled for the 1982 World Cup after losing the final to Italy.

The report also looked at the journeys of other groups who had different post-colonial experiences in Europe, including: France The winners of Euro 1984 then stopped in the semi-finals of the 1986 World Cup, before going on to achieve historic success by winning the 1998 World Cup and then Euro 2000, but were surprisingly eliminated in the first round of the 2002 World Cup.

But HollandThe Euro 1988 champions, led by Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, left the 1990 World Cup in the second round, where their journey came to a halt. Portugal Led by Cristiano Ronaldo in the quarterfinals World Cup Russia 2018, two years after his previous Euro 2016 title.

The Spaniards hope this time that the path will be different, and that their team will be able to turn its recent success in Europe into a new international success, instead of falling into the trap of “European Champions Curse” that has plagued many teams throughout history.