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Perhaps no team over the last few years is better acquainted with the European Championships<\/a> than Spain. A legendary dynasty began when David Villa\u2019s golden boot-winning exploits led the Spanish to the Euro 2008 title over a decade ago, which saw them win the World Cup in 2010 and then retain their title at Euro 2012. There\u2019s nothing quite like the atmosphere at a big Spain<\/a> match in a major tournament, and there will even be games played in Seville this summer involving their home team. Can they recapture their old glory after crashing out in the last 16 in 2016? Here at NetBet<\/a>, we have them priced at 15\/2 to win the tournament outright, while a quarter-final elimination appears most likely at 7\/4. They\u2019re certainly expected to get out of the group stage, with elimination at the first hurdle a whopping 16\/1 shot.<\/p>\n

Key Players<\/h2>\n

They\u2019re without legendary defender Sergio Ramos, who was surprisingly left out of the 26-man squad by boss Luis Enrique. The former Barcelona boss is clearly a winner, having picked up multiple league titles in Spain as a manager, not to mention his playing career, so fans will have to trust that he knows what he\u2019s doing with his squad selection.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the decision to remove Ramos, Enrique said: \u201cI\u2019ve not included Ramos because he\u2019s not been able to play much this season, especially since January he\u2019s not been fit enough, and at times not even training with the group at his club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy, but I called him last night and we had a difficult and tough conversation. I feel bad as he\u2019s a player who has always been at the top level and has a future with the national team. It\u2019s a decision that I\u2019ve taken for the good of the national team and the group as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramos responded on Twitter, saying: \u201cI\u2019ve fought and worked with my body and soul to be 100 per-cent fit for Real Madrid and the national team but sometimes things don\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hurts me not to be able to help my teammates and not defend Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should they manage to pull off something of an upset fourth tournament victory without their former captain involved, it would be the first time any nation has achieved the feat of winning four Euro championships. Until their defeat against Croatia in the third group game of the last Euros, Spain had lost a single one of their previous 14 matches in the final. They won all six in 2008, and again in 2012. They only won two in 2016, first losing to Croatia and then being eliminated by Italy, who they hammered 4-0 in the previous final. This time around, they certainly don\u2019t have the depth of squad that they had all those years ago. Ferran Torres is a good option, but he\u2019s not quite Villa or his namesake Fernando, both of whom were top strikers who put the fear of God into even the best defenders in the world.<\/p>\n

David de Gea will be looking to come back from a devastating Europa League final performance with Manchester United, where he conceded 11 penalties in the shootout before missing his own to hand the title, and millions of pounds of prize money, to Villarreal. He looked like he was struggling for confidence and motivation, but that shouldn\u2019t be a problem at international level, and if it is then Enrique has a very serious call to make. He has decent backup \u2018keepers in Robert Sanchez of Brighton and Unai Simon of Athletic Club Bilbao, but he won\u2019t feel under too much pressure for his position, which could affect things.<\/p>\n

In terms of what Spain bring to the table, you\u2019re looking at a side with players from around the country, as opposed to just top teams. In fact, for the first time ever at a major tournament, no representative from Real Madrid will be in the Spanish squad. Expect to see some sleek passing play, particularly against inferior opposition like Sweden. Slovakia and Poland will attempt to rough the Spanish up a bit more, but they\u2019ll stick with their formation regardless of the team across from them.<\/p>\n

Can Spain win Euro 2020? We\u2019d be surprised, but they definitely aren\u2019t out of the running. They\u2019ll probably win their qualifying group which would set up a better draw, in theory, for the round of 16, and once we get to the knockout stage of the tournament, anything can happen.<\/p>\n

Spain Euro 2020 Squad:<\/h2>\n

Goalkeepers:<\/strong> David de Gea, Robert Sanchez, Unai Simon<\/p>\n

Defenders<\/strong>: Aymeric Laporte, Jose Gaya, Jordi Alba, Pau Torres, Eric Garcia, Diego Llorente, Cesar Azpilicueta<\/p>\n

Midfielders:<\/strong> Marcos Llorente, Sergio Busquets, Rodri, Pedri, Thiago, Koke, Fabian<\/p>\n

Forwards:<\/strong> Dani Olmo, Mikel Oyarzabal, Gerard Moreno, Alvaro Morata, Ferran Torres, Adama Traore, Pablo Sarabia<\/p>\n

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