EXCLUSIVE: Babbel labels Spain ‘best’ team at Euro 2024 ahead of final

Former Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Germany defender Markus Babbel says Spain will beryllium labelled arsenic favourites for Sunday’s Euro 2024 final, but he is uncovering it difficult to telephone a winner.

La Roja booked their spot successful Berlin aft beating France successful nan semi-final, contempt going 1-0 down early on.

They will look England, who scored a last-gasp victor against nan Netherlands connected Wednesday nighttime and marking back-to-back last appearances for Gareth Southgate.

Spain person been successful exceptional shape successful Germany, beating Italy, Croatia and nan hosts connected their run.

Babbel, who won nan tourney pinch Germany successful 1996, says they person been nan champion squad to watch this summer.

Speaking exclusively to 101GreatGoals connected behalf of NewBettingOffers, he said: “100%. For me, they person been nan best. It doesn’t matter what happens connected Sunday because successful 1 game, thing tin happen.

“But until now, it is Spain, by acold nan champion squad successful nan tournament. They are skilful, they are tactically top, individually, they are top, location are truthful galore awesome things.

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“It’s very difficult to play against them because they person truthful overmuch confidence.

“It’s unbelievable and they’re not arrogant. They judge they are winning this tourney and they’re showing it each game.

“And I’m really looking guardant for Sunday because my favourite up of nan tourney was England.

“I’m not 100% judge if they’re physically beardown capable because they person ever periods successful nan game, if they look tired, they can’t bring nan power connected nan pitch.

“If you spell nan English broadside to nan Spanish side, I would opportunity nan English side, they person truthful overmuch much imaginable from nan players.

“But arsenic a group it looks awesome what Spain are doing and of people they are nan favourites connected Sunday.”

Spain’s maestro

Luis de la Fuente has done a phenomenal occupation since taking complete arsenic caput coach and is connected nan verge of achieving thing genuinely remarkable.

Having emerged arsenic a younker coach pinch Spain, he has taken a mixed squad and turned them into a formidable opponent.

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It has been a while since they person been astatine nan apical of nan heap successful position of quality, but successful Rodri, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo and Nico Williams, they person an incredibly breathtaking core.

Babbel has noticed a batch of belief from watching Spain astatine Euro 2024, and believes their preparations for nan tourney person helped them.

He said: “He was nan head of nan Under-21s for a agelong time, truthful he knows galore players of this squad and what he brought successful is nan belief that they tin triumph something.

“They won nan Nations League. Then you say, ‘Ok, Nations League, it’s not truthful important.’ But they won it, truthful nan players started to believe, ‘Hey, we tin triumph trophies.’

“They person a operation of knowledgeable players, but besides monolithic talents. In this squad is Lamine Yamal and past you person Carvajal, Rodri, nan knowledgeable guys and nan operation is fantastic.

“So there’s a bully harmony successful this squad and that’s what De la Fuente did.”

Spain will look their last trial connected Sunday against England, who will beryllium hopeless to triumph their first awesome world trophy since 1966.

The crippled will return spot successful Berlin astatine nan Olympic Stadium, kicking disconnected astatine 8pm.