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Helicopter ride Spain's only scare before World Cup final, jokes De la Fuente
NEW YORK, July 17 : Luis de la Fuente is so relaxed before Spain's World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday that only one thing appears to have his pulse racing: the helicopter ride back to the team hotel.The Spain manager was his usual calm, amusing self on Friday as he looked ahead to the showpiece match against his former pupil Lionel Scaloni's holders, insisting his side would embrace the occasion rather than be swallowed up by the enormity of it."I'm quite nervous because we'll be returning by helicopter," De la Fuente told reporters with a laugh. "We came by helicopter, and we have to fly back once the press conference is over, and that really makes me nervous."Nothing else, though – I'm absolutely calm. We're lucky to be in these circumstances, in this situation." Spain, European
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