On July 15, the European Championship and the Copa América finals will be held on the same day. It is worth mentioning that Luis de la Fuente, the Spanish coach, is actually the teacher of Argentina’s coach Lionel Scaloni in 2017, when 39-year-old Scaloni was taking his coaching license. A year later, he began coaching the Argentina U20 youth team.
Scaloni’s ties with Spain
Scaloni has deep ties with Spain. He played for Deportivo de La Coruña, Racing Santander and Mallorca during his playing days, and Spain is his second home. Moreover, his wife Elisa Montero is Spanish and they have two children together. But his story with De la Fuente dates back to November 16, 2017, when he was studying at the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas in Madrid. The Spanish Football Federation offers courses for those who want to become coaches, including special courses for players who have played in Spain for at least eight years. There, Scaloni obtained his UEFA Pro Coaching License. He took classes with former Argentina national team players Saviola and Redondo.
Scaloni hopes Spain wins the European Championship
Scaloni said at the Copa América semi-final press conference against Canada: “He (De la Fuente) was my coach course teacher. Obviously, I hope Spain does well. Apart from being our professor, he helped a lot of the students who were there with him in 2017. He is a great person. I talked to him and wish him all the best. In fact, I am happy to see his players perform well. He is doing a great job. Part of my family is Spanish, so I wish him success. Because they deserve it all, so in this case, I naturally tend to support Spain.”
De la Fuente talks about coaching coaches
“I was lucky enough to give a few coaching training courses at that time. We trained a generation of footballers like Hernández, Alonso, Raúl, who have become coaches, and I was lucky enough to be able to train world-class coaches like Scaloni,” De la Fuente said before the semi-final against France.
“We have a very good relationship. He is a world champion. Of course, some people said he was questioned a lot at first because he was inexperienced then. But now he has made Argentina the Copa América and World Cup champion. Now there is a chance to win the title again.”
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