Watch the match between Spain and Albania in the European Championship

As happened in 2008, when the Spanish national team began its series of achievements by winning the UEFA European Championship under the leadership of the veteran coach Luis Aragonés, who transformed the face of "La Roja" and made all players feel important despite resting some, Luis de la Fuente now wears the mantle of the veteran coach, aiming to forge a new history in Germany.

On that night in Salzburg on June 18, 2008, Luis Aragonés made a radical change to the team lineup, with the exception of one player, Andrés Iniesta.

Spain, on the brink of losing their first match in the tournament, turned the game around with two goals from Rubén de la Red and David Villa, despite key players being absent from the field, reflecting the current atmosphere in Germany to a large extent.

The thirst for success and the current team spirit, unified under national coach Luis Aragonés, is what Luis de la Fuente is currently achieving. Overcoming all obstacles since taking on the responsibility, he focuses solely on gradually crafting a path towards delivering the best football for the Spanish national team at Euro 2024.

In that night in Salzburg on June 18, 2008, Luis Aragonés made a radical change in the team lineup, except for one player, Andrés Iniesta.

Spain, on the brink of losing their first match in the tournament, turned the game around with two goals from Rubén de la Red and David Villa, despite key players being absent from the field, reflecting the current atmosphere in Germany to a large extent.

The thirst for success and the current team spirit, unified under national coach Luis Aragonés, is what Luis de la Fuente is currently achieving. Overcoming all obstacles since taking on the responsibility, he focuses solely on gradually crafting a path towards delivering the best football for the Spanish national team at Euro 2024.

Spain must adapt to the absence of their wingers Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams in their next match on June 30, both of whom appear ready to participate in the round of 16. Luis de la Fuente must decide whether to change the entire team lineup or to keep some of the starters, with the exception of Aymeric Laporte who will return to participate after missing the Italy match in place of the injured Nacho Fernandez. In addition, Spain will be without Ayuso Perez and Rodry, due to injury and suspension, respectively, increasing the challenges facing the coach.

Without midfielder Rodry, pressure falls on Martin Zubimendi, while David Raya may play again as goalkeeper against Albania. Jesus Navas also stands out as the oldest player to participate in a European Championship with the Spanish national team at the age of 38 years, 7 months, and 2 days.

There remain multiple options for the coach, including Dani Vivian, Alejandro Grimaldo, Mikel Merino, Ferran Torres, and Dani Olmo, while the participation of Pedri remains uncertain between Alex Pina and Fermin. The conflict also continues between Mikel Oyarzabal and Joselu to compensate for the absence of the team's captain, Alvaro Morata.

The Albanian national team dreams of achieving a historic achievement at Euro 2024, competing in the "Group of Death" in the championship, supported by about 35,000 fans. This participation is Albania's second in continental tournaments after their success in Euro 2016, where they topped their group in qualifying ahead of Poland and the Czech Republic, showing ambition to qualify for the knockout stages.

Despite their first defeat against Italy, the Balkan team managed to perform excellently and scored the fastest goal in the history of the tournament by Nadiem Bajrami in the 23rd minute. They also managed to extract a valuable draw against Croatia in the dying moments, bolstering their hopes for the third round against Spain.

With a potential rest for some key players in the Spanish squad, Albania's players are clinging to the chance to reach the round of 16 and possibly climb in the standings, based on the results of the Croatia-Italy match.

Coach Silvino expressed his happiness at participating in this major tournament and the opportunity to learn a lot, but stressed that there is no room for complacency during the 90 minutes of each match, and his team always strives to win.

With players like Christian Aslani and Berat Djimsiti in their ranks, alongside Bajrami, Albania will spare no effort to succeed in their match in Dusseldorf.

Although the head-to-head record heavily favors Spain, having scored 31 goals against Albania in eight encounters, the Albanian national team relies on fighting spirit and ambition to achieve a historic achievement in this Euro.