Spain enjoyed almost total control of Sunday’s Euro 2024 win over Georgia and were now looking forward with confidence to a quarter-final against Germany, coach Luis de la Fuente said, writes Reuters.

Spain came back after conceding an own goal to beat Georgia 4-1 in their last-16 tie at the Duesseldorf Arena on Sunday and were praised by their coach for an efficient performance.

“I think we controlled the game at all times with brilliant stages of play against an opponent that defended really well and was good on the counter attack. We need to properly value how important this victory is, because our opponent was a really good team”, - said De la Fuente.

Spain fell behind when centre-back Robin Le Normand turned Otar Kakabadze’s bouncing cross into his own net but were level at halftime before going on to dominate the second half.

“We knew that Georgia’s danger came from the transition and counter attack, but they didn’t have any shots on goal. Of course, when they scored we were a bit nervous for a while, but we created so many chances that the result could have been 8-1 to us”, - De la Fuente added. Spain next take on hosts Germany in Stuttgart on Friday in the quarter-finals.