Spain's Cucurella honours World Cup promise with De la Fuente tattoo

[p]The left-back vowed at the start of the summer to get a tattoo of the coach's face if [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] won the tournament, which they did by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/argentina-f9OppQjp/spain-bLyo6mco/?mid=UgbUKPmT"]beating Argentina 1-0 on July 19th in the New Jersey final[/a].[/p][p]Real Madrid's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cucurella-marc/QTynbZd3/"]Cucurella[/a] posted a photo of his new tattoo on social media along with the words [b]"promise kept"[/b].[/p][p]In his tattoo, De la Fuente is depicted wearing a suit and brandishing the World Cup trophy, Spain's second after they first triumphed in 2010 in South Africa.[/p][embed guid="e9897703-e290-4b33-a7d4-b403647c594e" url="https://x.com/cucurella3/status/2082121002536812880?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]"Historic," wrote Cucurella's Spain teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/merino-mikel/QFt86bm1/"]Mikel Merino[/a] on his Instagram post, while tennis star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] said it was "awesome".[/p][p]Cucurella, 28, joined Madrid from Chelsea ahead of Spain's first game at the World Cup, a frustrating 0-0 draw against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cape-verde/MocyWdm7/"]Cape Verde[/a], which De la Fuente said helped provide the team motivation on their run to glory.[/p][p]The 65-year-old coach was appointed as Luis Enrique's successor in 2022 and has also won Euro 2024 and the Nations League in 2023 with La Roja.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]