# Dani Olmo: ‘Winning the World Cup changes you, it changes your life’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dani-olmo-winning-the-world-cup-changes-you-it-changes-your-life/
- Published: 2026-09-09T07:00:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-09T07:20:44+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/09/dani-olmo-spain-world-cup-barcelona-champions-league
- Topics: Europe, Sport, World

## Key points

- Dani Olmo reflects on Spain's World Cup win and its lasting effect
- Eight Barcelona players were part of Spain's winning squad
- Barcelona seek first Champions League title since 2015, starting v Feyenoord

## Summary

Barcelona and Spain midfielder Dani Olmo has spoken about the lasting impact of winning the World Cup with Spain in July 2026, describing how the achievement continues to resonate personally and how it might inspire Barcelona's Champions League campaign. Eight of Spain's 26-man World Cup squad play for Barcelona, and Olmo believes the winning mentality and cohesion built with the national team can help the club end an 11-year wait for European success, a drought stretching back to their last Champions League triumph in 2015.

Olmo recalled the emotional moments after Spain's final victory over Argentina in New Jersey on 19 July, and described being greeted by Barcelona coach Hansi Flick as a "champion of the world" upon returning to training. He reflected on his own journey, having left Barcelona's academy at 16 to join Dynamo Zagreb before returning via RB Leipzig in 2024, since when he has won a domestic treble and a league title with the club, though European campaigns ended in defeat to Inter Milan and Atlético Madrid. Barcelona begin their new Champions League campaign against Feyenoord at Camp Nou, with the final scheduled for 5 June in Madrid.

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