Overview
- Cucurella told Marca on Saturday that he has packed the pyjama top his wife wore at Euro 2024 and other personal items to see if the same luck returns at the World Cup.
- His confidence is rooted in a high profile role at Euro 2024 when he set up Mikel Oyarzabal’s late winner in the final, which helped raise expectations for his place in Spain’s side.
- He said he also brought key-rings made by his children, an iPad and small items to pass the time while in the tournament camp.
- Cucurella described dressing-room routines, including generational clashes over music, and said he has adjusted sleep habits and warned teammates about adapting to the U.S. heat.
- Spain begin Group H against Cape Verde in Atlanta on Monday, and Cucurella’s use of talismans joins a long football tradition of players keeping small rituals to calm nerves and preserve routine.