{"id":1167734,"date":"2026-08-25T02:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1167734\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T02:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:23:35","slug":"de-la-fuente-i-am-sad-about-what-happened-to-the-world-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1167734\/","title":{"rendered":"De la Fuente: I am sad about what happened to the world champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=152580eeda2194bc4&amp;q=https:\/\/www.kooora.com\/%25D9%2583%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A9-%25D9%2582%25D8%25AF%25D9%2585\/%25D8%25A3%25D8%25AE%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1\/%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AA%25D8%25AD%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AF-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D9%2595%25D8%25B3%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A-%25D9%258A%25D8%25AD%25D8%25B3%25D9%2585-%25D9%2585%25D8%25B5%25D9%258A%25D8%25B1-%25D8%25AF%25D9%258A-%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7-%25D9%2581%25D9%2588%25D9%258A%25D9%2586%25D8%25AA%25D9%258A--%25D9%2588%25D9%258A%25D8%25B7%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25A8-%25D8%25A8%25D8%25AD%25D9%2582%25D9%2587-%25D9%2581%25D9%258A-%25D9%2586%25D9%2587%25D8%25A7%25D9%258A%25D9%2594%25D9%258A-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D9%2588%25D9%2586%25D8%25AF%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584\/blt982cb0bed61bb295&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiP2M7dh7qWAxVCKvsDHR0_IqEQFnoECAMQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw1NFmhh_9mpkHH013ceHBLQ&amp;fexp=121903738,121903739\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luis de la Fuente remains at the centre of the sporting scene after guiding La Roja to World Cup glory<\/a> this summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/seleccion\/2026\/08\/24\/luis-fuente-siento-pena-pitos-san-mames.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to Spanish National Radio about the latest developments in Spanish sport<\/a>, the coach was asked about the scenes in Bilbao when Laporte, Nico Williams and Unai Simon presented the World Cup to fans at the stadium. His verdict was blunt: &#8220;I feel sorry about the boos at San Mames.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to his &#8220;18 years in this house&#8221;, insisting the reaction respected neither Spain&#8217;s World Cup triumph nor the players who delivered it. These, after all, are the club&#8217;s own sons, boys who grew up and trained at the Lezama academy.\n<\/p>\n<p>De la Fuente also addressed the difficult immigration situation in Ceuta. Asked about the sensitive subject, he said: &#8220;The first ones who should reclaim their lives are the people of Ceuta, who have seen in one way or another that their normal lives have come to a halt.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>On the prospect of Spain hosting the 2030 World Cup final, the coach left little doubt where he stood. &#8220;As the host nation, there are many possibilities, and I am in favour of the final being held here in our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can discuss the topics and news in more depth in the &#8220;Kooora&#8221; forums<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luis de la Fuente remains at the centre of the sporting scene after guiding La Roja to World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1167735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[310057,2000,299,161597,7325,282282,104,293319,1514],"class_list":["post-1167734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-a-laporte","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-l-de-la-fuente","tag-laliga","tag-n-williams","tag-spain","tag-u-simon","tag-world-cup"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117153772586289776","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1167735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}