BERLIN (Special Envoy) – The concert started around noon. On stage, the animations excited nearly 10,000 Spanish fans turned up ahead of Euro 2024 decider against Englandwith the transition ESPN and Disney+The wide range of restaurants, the loud music, the enthusiasm meanwhile for La Roja, and the shirts of Colombia and Argentina, the other two main opponents in Sunday’s finals, caught our attention.
Angel Steven, wearing black trousers and a yellow jacket for his national team, is living more than a special day: “I came from Murcia. Long live Spain and long live Colombia! “Let’s see if we win tonight. The preview is great, we enjoy it. People really like to participate, they are very familiar. The bad thing is that my people are far away, but from here we support them with all our heart and soul. We will win it (Copa America).”
“Colombia to Spain player? My James, he’s a crack. We nationalized it. If you had to choose just one title? Oh, how difficult. I also love Spain, it is in my heart. And he cried out with a smile: “Oh, how bad… but long live Colombia!”
A few meters away, a fan wearing an Argentine national team shirt was holding a sandwich. ESPN.com The encounter was encouraging, leading to a photo op and more than friendly conversation ahead of the fight in Miami, which will take place at 2 a.m. Monday in Germany.
“We are big as Latin America. And that should be above all else.”“What a friend says is very valuable,” said Pablo, an Argentine living in Germany, wearing dark shorts and Lionel Messi’s No. 10 shirt. “Latin America is above. The important thing is to have a good time, to treat each other well. Let’s enjoy ourselves. Long live football,” concluded Angel.
Passion for Cucurella and excitement for a new title
The Spanish Fan Embassy, part of a project coordinated by Football Supporters Europe (FSE), invited fans to Hammarskjöldplatz, where a purely Spanish Fan Zone had been set up. From there the convoy headed to Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, four hours before the European Cup Final kicked off.
“My father told me about Maradona… I will tell my son about Cucurella!!!”“He’s much more than a footballer,” read the sign. “He’s the thing. Coco in the fourth,” said its owner. The air was filled with black wigs with curls and other red hair. The Chelsea full-back promised to dye himself the colour of the title. Would he be given it?
“Paella is better than fish and chips,” read another flag that highlighted Pamplona, Murcia and Granada. The other main protagonist of the afternoon was the ball that flew through the air and ended up on more than one occasion in the street. It always returned to the delight of the public.
There was no shortage of popular music or those sung in the stadiums. “Go for them”, “I am Spanish, Spanish, Spanish”, “Que viva España” and “Lamine Yamal, every day I love you more” were part of the songbook. The moment of great ecstasy came with “Putra Savage”, an Isabel Ayón song that Luis de la Fuente’s team also adopted to celebrate in the locker room.
The party started early in Berlin, home of the match between Spain and England that will crown the Euro 2024 champions. For the Argentine and Colombian fans in large numbers in the German capital, the day will be much longer than usual and full of emotions.
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