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Euro 2025: Spain 'the team to beat' - but what makes them good and do they have weaknesses?
@Source: bbc.com
The worry for Spain's rivals? Both Tome and Putellas said in their post-match media conferences that Spain had "room for improvement".
Former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Emma Byrne agreed on ITV, saying: "I still believe there is a lot more to come from Spain. We haven't seen the best from them in a while, even though they are winning.
"They have got the quality, you can certainly see that, but I still don't think we've seen Spain in full flow yet. We've seen it in moments.
"There is more to come and that's the scary thing."
With seven different names on the scoresheet across their two games, Spain have shown they are not reliant on one player.
While Spain are known for their short, intricate passing and high possession count, they took a different approach for their second goal, with captain and centre-back Irene Paredes showing up to head home a set-piece.
That was also seen by Caldentey's long-range ball over the top for Putellas' goal against Portugal.
"Spain have added a different style by being able to go more direct. When sides go 5-4-1 it is very difficult to break down, so Spain adding a long ball is an extra thing to win competitions," former Spain midfielder Vicky Losada said.
Byrne added: "I am interested to see how Spain change their game. We are so used to them keeping possession and nice passes - but now they have a target in the box."
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