Enschede, the city where the FC Twente Stadion is located and where Spain-Italy will take place tonight, is a city with just over 158,000 inhabitants, with a port on a canal built in the 19th century to connect with the national network of rivers and canals in the Netherlands. Its history is linked to agriculture first and then to the textile industry since 1830. The major textile factories closed half a century ago, turning Enschede into a service-oriented city within the province of Overijssel. Today, it is known in the country, among other things, for its prestigious university.

It is in this city, specifically at the FC Twente Stadium, where Spain has a date with history, heading towards the Nations League final on Sunday. The stadium where the decisive match will be played has a capacity of 30,000 spectators and is the home ground of a club that was founded in 1965 and plays in the Netherlands' top division.

The club and stadium take their name from the region where Enschede is located: Twente, in Dutch. Twente is a non-administrative region that, in turn, sees its name linked to the Tubantes, a Germanic tribe already known during the Roman Empire. The region has a total of 620,000 inhabitants, spread across 14 municipalities, with Enschede being the main city.

Enschede is, therefore, a city with a rich history, where our national team aspires to continue writing their own. Tonight, Spain will embark on the conquest of the FC Twente Stadium, dominated by red stands that, hopefully, will be a chromatic foreshadowing of the outcome of the match against Italy.