Can Spain go ALL THE WAY in EURO 2024? 👀 Who poses the biggest challenge? | ESPN FC Extra Time

Frank Leboeuf, Don Hutchison and Ale Moreno join Kay Murray on ESPN FC Extra Time to answer fans' questions and discuss:
0:00 Ale would choose Ronaldinho over Don
0:55 Can Spain go all the way in EURO 2024?
2:05 Spanish resurgence or Croatian decline?
3:38 Spain or Germany more impressive?
4:43 Cucurella needs to step up at Chelsea
7:01 Could Italy go far in EURO 2024?
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[@arunfooty]

cucurella had been really good for Chelsea for the last couple of months before this tournament, clearly people haven’t been watching

[@yuhuuDman]

You mean Kenny G

[@AsianGentleman]

And finished 6th 😂😂

[@abody499]

he is still, along with simon, their weakest link. he gets caught out of position and leaves gaps easily. good players like musiala and kimmich could exploit from his wing.

[@KingDrub]

It’s not realistic for anyone to watch every game of every top league. So it’s up to ESPN to produce info for them. So it’s gonna be normal for them to not know everything. And they can’t say IDK

[@willie549]

Especially at home against Arsenal when they lost 5 - 0

[@MLSflop]

Every video until the final will be titled "Can this country go all the way through" 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@captainsmoke1612]

It's like Switzerland and Hungary never played today.

[@leonleon2276]

This clip is about Spain. 😂

[@yaseenmohd39]

Sui vs Hun was a great game!

[@Waluigi-vr4qz]

Switerland were good though?

[@adamg_1]

6:52 - Cucurella started to play well as an inverted full back the last 7 games of the PL Season so that point is incorrect once again!

[@garytibbles9756]

He was actually pretty good since coming back from his injury early March. Don's comment there is factually wrong. SMH !!

[@abasssheriffkamara3016]

For me Spain is the favorite to win the tournament.

[@abasssheriffkamara3016]

So rudiger is Scotland highest ever goal scorer in the euros 😅😂😂😂.

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

It seems like every top country (France England Germany Portugal Spain Italy Belgium and the Netherlands) all have that confidence that they can win the EUROs.

[@MrKaravaj]

Belgium 😂 But otherwise I agree

[@creltysangmayt9711]

Except England

[@mhrsmhrs4940]

How is Englanad top country?? What they done on tournaments so far?

[@mhrsmhrs4940]

How is Netherland top country? What they haew done in tourment thru years?

[@mhrsmhrs4940]

Spain is not european,its becoming Africa team🦾🦾

[@Rayado_26]

Love chemistry between ale and don

[@TheDYNAMITE001]

They're definitely more fun to watch

[@zalemdreams]

I sensed a lot of foced, nervous laughs from Don...

[@abg6461]

speaking on unai simon, I'm surprised ESPN haven't brought the david raya discussion again!!!😏

[@RyanGamin224]

Why did they take down the Ronaldiho video?

[@AM2K2]

Ronaldinho clarified his comments, he was actually repeating what Brazilian fans have said...apparently it was some advert against fan toxicity

[@MarkWright4678]

Of course. The Top 5 teams at the Euro: France, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany all have a chance at making the final. Every team has a weakness so its not a guarantee which is why this is so exciting. Even long-shots like Austria, England and Belgium may do ok.

[@RahulDhoundiyal]

How are England long shots?

[@GIBBO4182]

England are 4th in the fifa rankings and were runners up last tournament

[@DarthRamzan]

@@RahulDhoundiyal probably because they haven't won anything since 1966 and their coach is a moron

[@MrKaravaj]

England bigger than Portugal

[@CMJames]

@@GIBBO4182still a long shot, haven’t won in 50 plus yrs.

[@Mimomimomimo4577]

Looking at Spain’s game, Yamal’s touches look really scary. They have a complete team although not sure if Morata is the high profile striker that will deliver. I don’t think they will succeed over france or England, I don’t think they were really tested this game

[@ulical]

Well, I'll take care of one worry for you. England won't go far enough to meet Spain in the elimination rounds.

[@Waluigi-vr4qz]

Croatia is a Huge test dont you Think? They always get far in those tournaments. Silver and 3rd place in the last 2 World cups. They litterally threw brazil out last World cup who were the bookmakers favorites even over france.

[@tamnadvardis7039]

Absolutely calefiori reminds me Alessandro Nesta or Maldini

[@PNBESTKedah2023]

The last minute goal by Ronaldo scored against Holland

[@shaquillefraser500]

Knowing that luka modric is going to retire soon will he will become a manager and try coaching some of the young footballs in his country raise there level and take over the national team

[@WillSmith-yi4ez]

mudric ?!?! What?

[@shaquillefraser500]

@@WillSmith-yi4ez Luka is the best player Croatia they have and probably in there history the current team is old so am asking if he will go in to coaching the young footballs in his country

[@WillSmith-yi4ez]

@@shaquillefraser500 I understood that but "mudric" caught me off guard. It's Modrić bro

[@shaquillefraser500]

@@WillSmith-yi4ez I did not see that thanks my brother

[@chinmayhejmadi7902]

Ended so abruptly

[@ulical]

LOL...I've been watching football since the early 1970s. Even when Spain won back to back Euros and a WC, these people didn't take them seriously and acted surprised when they won.

[@abody499]

yeah this spain team are no joke

[@njkbad6541]

I think you've got a point. Tiki-taka is a problematic phrase. It's been used to encapsulate both the damaging, dangerous, effective play they had around the time of their first Euros and into the WC but also the turgid horizontal fruitless play it mutated into over the years. Also don't remember the Spanish getting this sympathy when their ageing generation got put to the sword. Put a bit of respect on the Spaniards' name. Definitely in the mix.

[@TheDYNAMITE001]

Oh running gait matters, especially if one of your key traits is pace 😂

[@knandez7__821]

Legendary Extratime from Ale!

[@Telmosanchez545]

Que pesado es este tio con Unai Simon, parece el representante de Remiro macho

[@fernandovalderramadelatorr9054]

As a spaniard I fully agree with Alejandro Moreno, Unai Simón shouldn´t mess up on the big stage like that. Besides that, he´s a great stopper and he redeemed himself stopping that PK. On the bright side Spain is playing more agressively on the last quarter of the pitch and not boring us to death with endless passes that got us nowhere.

[@getafe4ever861]

Am I the only one seeing Netherlands going all the way? My top 3 to win it is Germany Netherlands Spain The reason why I don't see Portugal, England and Italy is because for me they have bad managers and Belgium has a weak defense and No Courtois

[@goat6262]

France?

[@karimbouabbas1783]

France? Over hyped! Spain /Germany/Netherlands play realy good football now... Croatia and soon you will see France is over the hill...France is good on the counter and not creative and teams know that now...and France will go in thinking to do the groupfase on 50%...ahhh we beat the Dutch with 4-0 in Paris 2-1 in Amsterdam( Dutch played with 9 other players due to foodpoisen and injuries in both matches) I guess now France has the Flu running in there team

[@goat6262]

@@karimbouabbas1783 🤣🫵 MOROCO OWNS SPAIN

[@Blk1908]

Italy has Spalletti...

[@goat6262]

@@Blk1908 more like spaghetti 🤣🫵 Italy is done for

[@voney_m]

Baldé Gavi Badjetic Riquelme Barrios Zaragoza Omorodion Moleiro Huijsen Mosquera Veiga Cubarsí Sancet with Yamal Williams Dani Olmo Pedri Rodri Lenormand Grimaldo Pau Torres Oyarzabal Joselu on 2026😊

[@user-jj7me3oo2d]

Is any of this Espn reporters going to observe that Cucurella ended the season strongly with Chelsea??? Soccer is getting more serious in America than this hosts. You have to do better espn

[@hungchoonghow5857]

People familiar with football always talk about identity, identity, identity. I didn't watch the game but does this Spanish team have an identity? Cucurella, Yamal, Williams, Morata, Pedri, Rodri, did they have an identity?

[@Rushii876]

Everyday these pundits mind changes 😂 one game & they all change their minds 😂English pundits are something else 😂

[@brianstones6234]

Euro's off to a wicked start!!! Germany, France or Spain noooo England!!!

[@charlesapana9935]

Yeah why not if only they keep winning

[@yuhuuDman]

Not with this curly Kenny G 😂😂 saxophonist

[@kaycampbell364]

He's there to tune up the team

[@frankpanico7613]

Spain always shows up.

[@thomaslarsson9194]

How can u ask if Spain can go all the way after just one game? Jeez!

[@bashirayahaya8666]

Cucurella was good for Chelsea in the later parts of last season

[@christiandal4968]

If Argentina could beat France - then this Spain would..........❤❤

[@aadityavibushan774]

The cucurella question is totally wrong

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

After the EUROs, Croatia could face a similar decline to what a team like Germany faced a couple of years ago where they were too reliant on their older players and couldn’t replace them properly until now. Don’t get me wrong, Croatia have overachieved in international tournaments particularly at the World Cup and they’ve went on unexpected deep runs and while their loss to Spain it’s true that it was just one one game, they lost 3-0 and with how tight their group is, if they finish 3rd and they done get a lot of points they can’t advance. Their cycle and Golden Generation is slowly coming to an end. It’s going to be difficult for them to replace their older players. For example, Luka Modric is the greatest player to have ever come out of Croatia, but even he is 38 years old and after the EUROs he won’t be at another international tournament for them, Marcelo Brozovic plays his football in Saudi Arabia, Ivan Perisic isn’t getting any younger either. In recent years, Ivan Rakitic retired from international football and Mario Mandzukic retired from football altogether these are 2 members of their Golden Generation and since Modric’s time with the national team is slowly coming to an end and all their players are also aging as well, I don’t see how they can replace them. I just wonder how much more they have in the tank and what the future holds for them once Modric isn’t with the team anymore.

[@davorbajlovic3136]

Easy, we always find a replacement. But Croatia acutally got younger, so i dont know what you are yapping about.

[@Vekikev1]

​@@davorbajlovic3136younger=lacks experience in tournaments

[@MrKaravaj]

I dont think so. It will be like last euro probably, they will go far (at least quarters) but will fail against a nation with bigger squad (for instance France)

[@user-ug8ce8of1u]

Netherlands

[@user-rv6kj4xw7r]

No way l hoop not

[@jaxm4927]

I think Spain can beat France

[@palatialslumlord4938]

No.

[@AbayomiScott]

Always incorrect as usual🤦

[@herbert1359]

Frank do you watch football...Ale do you watch football... smh....smh

[@user-ug8ce8of1u]

Albania to win it

[@optimumfilms]

The goals Croatia missed looked way more spectacular than the goals Spain made. I think it went Spain's way yesterday, but LA Roja are not a dominant team. They are exploitable if you have better finishes.

[@nicobailey3264]

Spain was lucky today

[@dregen8662]

3 - 0 " they were lucky " XD camon man

[@Vekikev1]

​@@dregen8662 if luck or not we will see, this was the first game for spa and cro in this euro.

[@bbob70]

@@dregen8662 Look at the stats, this could just as easily have been a draw.

[@borjarafaelalvarez9370]

@@bbob70still need to take your chances. Which Croatia didn’t and Spain did. Not luck, that’s skill

[@dregen8662]

@@bbob70 i recommend you to watch the game and not so much the stats...

[@chiakurdi7940]

Who else here thinks that Ale Moreno is very irritating?!!!

[@willie549]

Not as beautiful a runner as Fjortoft

[@mrfacts6860]

Boring tiki taka says joker bald French man with 3 trophies in the career

[@zumjjay]

fake

[@franciscozaragoza7193]

Ale Moreno is so annoying

[@A_r78]

Yamal should be playing for the Africa cup of nations

[@eboniaco]

Indeed. ANd nico williams also

[@Vekikev1]

He doesn't have the character of Didier Drogba.

[@TheKronicspider]

Best solution would be to get the genetic sequence of all the players and align them to their true origins. After all why put a time limit to the lines we draw on a person's origins. Maybe we could send you back home, there is a really good chance you're not from where you think you are . Let's all just play the stupid game you propose, but for real.

[@A_r78]

@@TheKronicspider I’m Portuguese but live in the London, but I’m a proud Portuguese man not false person like Yamal The African

[@plusultra6199]

@@A_r78 Half of the Portuguese team are from Africa and even your scorer to win the trophy in 2016, was African. Eusebio was also an African so you being Portuguese should know about playing Africans in your team!

[@texasgold007]

Why do you insist on having that ridiculous music playing in the background? Makes it impossible to watch.

[@DarthRamzan]

No.