While the best international football teams are preparing for the World Cup quarter-finals, the Spanish football association is already planning for the future after their miserable participation in Qatar.Luis De La Fuente has been given the role of the national coach in place of the disappointing Luis Enrique. It’s not a glamourous appointment, but a thoroughly logical one – as De La Fuente has a lot of experience leading Spain’s youth sides and the Olympic team in the last Summer Olympics.##NAJAVA_MECA_6870963##The Spanish press has gone into a frenzy, saying that the 61-year-old Basque tactician will be given the nod. And sure enough, their football association quickly confirmed the appointment.”The Royal Spanish Football Federation has chosen Luis de la Fuente as the new absolute national coach. The sports director, Jose Francisco Molina, has forwarded a report to the president, Luis Rubiales, in which he recommends the choice of the coach from La Rioja, until now the U-21 coach, to lead the new stage that begins after the World Cup in Qatar.”Luis Enrique era is over, Spain looking for a new coachThe new coach’s first two matches in charge will come against Norway and Scotland in March as Spain bid to qualify for the European Championships in Germany in 2024.OFFICIAL: Luis de la Fuente has been appointed as Spain’s new coach 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/QdrVxioYIP— 433 (@433) December 8, 2022 De la Fuente joined the RFEF in 2013 as the under-15 manager, having worked with players like Marco Asensio, goalkeeper Unai Simon, Eric Garcia, Pau Torres, Pedri, Carlos Soler and Dani Olmo when they were youngsters. It should help him in his new job – the highest profile role in the country.After two miserable World Cups, the 2010 champions need to get this one right.
