King Felipe VI approached the Spanish soccer team’s locker room to congratulate the players and coaching staff for the victory against Uruguay (0-1) on the third and final day of the group stage of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Together with the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Rafael Louzán, the monarch greeted the footballers and chatted with them and with Luis de la Fuente’s staff about the duel at the Akron Stadium in Guadalajara (Mexico), which he witnessed from the stands.
Spain has finished first in Group H and awaits a rival for its round of 32 duel, which will be played next Thursday, July 2 (9:00 p.m.) in Los Angeles (United States); They will face the second placed team in Group J, probably Austria or Algeria.
On Thursday, Felipe VI was received at the National Palace by the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, and held a bilateral meeting that staged the rapprochement between both countries.