Today the final is played, the mini gamers of the Spanish Soccer Team, the sub 21, face a daring and challenging soccer challenge, and they do it. with a lot of desire to show that they are at the level of any European team of the moment. He does it today at 6:00 p.m. against the England team. ‘La Rojita’, who started as the third favourite, is one step away from winning the competition, although they will have to overcome one of the favourites, England, in this final duel.
for this they have a captain who is showing that he knows how to weather the waters and lead the team to a successful port.
Santiago Denia made his way from the lower categories of Spanish football
After the changes suffered in the command of the national teams with the departure of Luis Enrique after the last World Cup, Luis de la Fuente took over the orders of the absolute, leaving another great name to the fore to direct the Sub 21 to the gloria, Santiago Denia, former professional player and coach for the lower categories of the Spanish soccer team.
As a professional player, he made his debut at Albacete as the youngest player that season to do so, until he was later transferred to Atlético de Madrid where he played several seasons, experiencing the relegation of the mattress team and the return to the first division where he began to lose prominence with the arrival of power stations such as Pablo Ibáñez or Luis Amaranto Perea.
Once retired as a professional player, he ventured as assistant coach of Abel Resino at Atlético de Madrid in the 2008-09 season.With his dismissal, he made his debut as head coach in a single game against Mallorca in the same season. Later, he decided to take the leap to lead the lower categories of the Spanish team, giving shape and order to the little jewels of Spanish football.. In his national showcases, is the victory in the Under 19 Euro Cup against Portugal.
Santiago Denia with his eyes set on Euro 2023
Now, under the orders of the sub 21 since December 2022, Santiago Denia wants to repeat the record he did with the sub 19. The challenge is complicated, but Santi Denia and his pupils want to show what they are capable of. After hanging up his boots as a central defender, Santiago Denia continues to give off an overwhelming physique at 49 years of age. The player from Albacete was characterized by his physique and height of 1.82m, with the number eight on his back in his training, now with the goal of placing first in the Euro Cup in 2023, but with his sights set on qualifying for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024.
