Sunshine before the Mediterranean derby

In what has probably been the hottest morning since the squad arrived in Donaueschingen, Luis de la Fuente led Spain's final training session before their second European Championships match.

With all 26 called-up players fully fit and working at the same intensity in the morning training session, the national team have been fine-tuning the final details of their game plan before tomorrow's vital match. Then, this afternoon, the travelling party is set to head for Gelsenkirchen where they will play a match that is likely to decide the winner of the group in the Mediterranean derby against Italy on Thursday (21:00 Spanish peninsular time, live on La1).

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With the ball at the heart of all the drills during the final training session before tomorrow's match, the session was preceded by the coach sharing some words of wisdom to his players on the pitch of the SV Aasen 1928 training facilities, all of which means no stone has been left unturned.

Luis de la Fuente and Fabián Ruiz, voted best player in the opening match against Croatia, will appear at the official pre-match press conference this Wednesday at 20:30 before the clash against the Italians at the Arena auf Schalke stadium the following day.