Spain need the spine to reign again


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Football soccer - Spain training - Friuli Stadium, Udine, Italy - 23/03/16 Spain's coach Vicente del Bosque gestures during a training for their international friendly against Italy. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

BARCELONA (Reuters) - For all Vicente del Bosque's confidence that he has the right balance of experience and youth to return Spain to their familiar place on the winner's rostrum, questions remain about his best starting line-up ahead of Euro 2016.

On the surface, Spain's qualifying record of nine wins out of 10 going into the tournament looks impressive but they rarely delivered performances to suggest they could pick up a third successive title or banish the memories of their 2014 World Cup failure.

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