Spain v Germany LIVE: Euro 2024 team news and updates from quarter-final in

For many reasons, a majority of them valid, Lamine Yamal seemed to become the face of this Spain side heading into Euro 2024. For one it’s his youth, of course – a star at just 16. There’s also the potential for so many storylines, with his birthday the day before the final itself.

Then there’s the fact he plays for Barcelona – all this before we even approach the subject of his quality, which is clearly off the charts.

But while he gives Spain traits they’ve been desperate for over the last few years and tournaments – guile around the box, balance in the forward line and, above all else, speed – he isn’t the only player to do so. He isn’t even the only starting forward who offers much of the same traits, if in mirror image.

It is something that Julian Nagelsmann doesn’t even want to be mentioned around the German camp, but it’s now impossible not to consider. Would the hosts have been better off had Niclas Fullkrug not scored that 92nd-minute equaliser against Switzerland in the final group game? Might that have been the moment on which the entire tournament turned?

A 1-0 defeat would have put Germany second in their group and on the more forgiving side of the draw, probably making them the biggest force there. It could have been a clear route to the semi-final.

Nagelsmann would argue that, if that happened, the hosts wouldn’t still have their unbeaten record. They wouldn’t have the emotional momentum that comes with a last-minute equaliser to preserve that record, either. They wouldn’t have the same aura.

Spain rested a number of players for their final group game against Albania, having won their first two matches, but fielded a full-strength team against Georgia.

Germany will have Jonathan Tah back from suspension and he is expected to partner Antonio Rudiger.

Spain vs Germany will kick off at 5pm BST at the MHP Arena in Stuttgart.

The match will be shown live on ITV1 with coverage starting at 4pm and the match can also be viewed live on the ITVX app and website.

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But they have exceeded the expectations set in recent years having not won a knockout match in a major international competition beforehand since 2016, but will need everything to be in place against Spain.

La Roja have won all four of their games at Euro 2024 and netted nine goals in the process, only conceding their first goal of the tournament in the 4-1 round-of-16 win over Georgia.

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live build up and coverage of Spain vs Germany, one of the most highly-anticipated clashes of Euro 2024.

Spain have won every match at the tournament so far and only conceded one goal, in the quarter-final against Georgia, while Germany will have the support of the nation behind them.