Our strength is unity, not one leader: Spain's Pedri

Donaueschingen, Germany: Spain midfielder Pedri says his country s strength at Euro 2024 will be teamwork rather than having a key player or leader....

Donaueschingen, Germany: Spain midfielder Pedri says his country's strength at Euro 2024 will be teamwork rather than having a key player or leader.

Three-time winners La Roja boast no superstars in the vein of France's Kylian Mbappe or England's Jude Bellingham, but Barcelona playmaker Pedri believes that could play into Spain's hands.

"The leader is the whole team," Pedri told a news conference Tuesday at the country's Der Oschberghof training base, in the south-west of Germany.

"The captains help us a lot too, but I think the big difference with all the (other) countries is that we are a team and there is no one leader above the rest."

Pedri's Barcelona team-mate Lamine Yamal, 16, shone at club level this season and could add some of the sparkle Spain badly lacked at the 2022 World Cup.