🇪🇸 Set for Mexico: Spain v Chile, final friendly before the World Cup 🇨🇱 | OneFootball

The Spanish National Team has finalized its definitive roadmap for the World Cup event. Before setting up their headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, "La Roja" will make a strategic stop in Mexico.

On June 8, according to MARCA, the Cuauhtémoc Stadium in Puebla will be the venue for the last preparatory friendly match, where the national team will face its Chilean counterpart.

A High-Level Opponent and World Cup Memories

Spain was looking for a high-ranking opponent to fine-tune their lineup a week before their debut against Cape Verde in Atlanta. Although playing against Mexico was considered, scheduling and sporting risks tipped the balance towards the South American team.

Interestingly, the return to Puebla brings back bittersweet memories: there, in the 1986 World Cup, Spain was defeated on penalties by Belgium in the quarter-finals.

The Path Before the United States

Luis de la Fuente's planning will begin at the end of May. After a less intense match on June 4 in Riazor (possibly against China), the team will fly that same night to Mexican lands.

Facing them will be a Chilean team in the midst of an institutional crisis, which, after missing out on their third consecutive World Cup, will serve as the last major physical and tactical test for the Spanish internationals before crossing the border to their base in the United States.

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