The national team manager insists that his side will be one of the most revered in the competition, but he accepts that Group D in France will be tough to progress from
Vicente del Bosque knows that Spain will head into the 2016 edition of the tournament with a target on their back as they seek to complete a historic hat-trick.
Del Bosque continued his, and Spain's, glorious era of dominance on the international stage when he guided them to a comprehensive 4-0 final win over Italy four years ago - Spain in the process becoming the first country to successfully defend the title, after Luis Aragones had masterminded their triumph in 2008.