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By Frank Dalleres Euro 2024 has not, if we’re being brutally honest, been a vintage tournament full of champagne football but the glaring exception has been a vibrant Spain side coached by the unassuming figure of Luis de la Fuente. A 63-year-old with no top-flight managerial experience, the man from the Rioja region has nonetheless formulated a winning blend of ripe young talent such as Lamine Yamal and the oak-aged likes of Rodri and Alvaro Morata. So ahead of their semi-final with fellow sommelier botherers France on Tuesday in Munich, who is De la Fuente, the man who has transformed Spain …

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