Coach of the Spanish soccer team clarifies: He crosses himself for faith and not for superstition

The coach of the Spanish soccer team, Luis de la Fuente Castillo, surprised viewers by explaining during an interview with Cope, media outlet of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, that crossing oneself before each game begins “is not superstition, it is faith.” .

Responding to journalist Helena Condi from the Fuera de Juego program, the former soccer player also had to clarify that making the sign of the cross is not a matter of superstition, but an act of faith.

“I have faith,” said the coach of the team that will play in the Euro Cup final next Sunday after having defeated France in yesterday’s match.

There have been several occasions on which Luis de la Fuente has spoken openly about his faith. During an interview with a Spanish newspaper The worldstressed that if one does not believe in God, life “would have no meaning.”

“It’s something you have to live, it should have been explained to you. I am religious because I have decided to be. “I come from a religious family, but during my life, I have had many doubts and I have been away from religion,” he said in October 2023.

However, he said that at one point in his life he decided to reach out again and lean on God in everything he does. “There are not one, but a thousand reasons to believe in God. Without God, nothing in life has meaning,” he stated on that occasion.

Likewise, in an interview with The newspapernoted that he prays every day and that he has “a good relationship with God.”

“So I ask Him, San Fermín and the Virgen de la Vega to help us, to be close,” he commented.