Dani Olmo's golden grandmothers: the promise kept after Spain's World Cup triumph

Dora Piñol and Milagros Forte, the two grandmothers of Dani Olmo, met again with journalist Mari Carmen in the same corner of Terrassa where they had made a promise months earlier. If Spain lifted the World Cup, they would celebrate it together. Spain won the tournament and the three of them kept their word, with the cava the journalist had promised to bring taking center stage in the toast to the star.

• Dora and Milagros reunited in Terrassa to celebrate Spain's world title, just as they had agreed before the tournament.
• Both grandmothers admit they experienced the final with extreme intensity, almost as if they were playing the match themselves.
• They highlight the hard work, humility and sacrifice of Dani Olmo since he left home as a teenager.
• They agree that Luis de la Fuente's squad was a close-knit family with no selfishness, fully deserving of the championship.
• They are already thinking about the next big goal: winning the Nations League again and celebrating together once more.

The May promise that ended in a toast to the world title

In late May, during a special feature, Dora and Milagros told the journalist that if Spain became world champions, she would have to come back and celebrate with them. The grandmothers promised to bring pastries. Four months later, the reunion took place in the same setting, this time with the world title already in Spanish football's trophy cabinet.

The journalist arrived with the promised cava and the three of them toasted to an achievement that keeps happiness alive in the Olmo family. The scene, full of laughter and confidences, served to revisit a tournament that Dora and Milagros experienced with their hearts torn between hope and suffering.

Two grandmothers who suffer and celebrate every Dani Olmo match

Experience has turned Dora Piñol and Milagros Forte into exceptional fans, almost coaches from their living room stands. Milagros, the player's paternal grandmother, admits she watched the final with nerves running high. She even broke a sweat from the effort of pushing the team forward, cheering and kicking along from the sofa.

I push them in every match. I even kick the ball. I played so hard that I ended up sweating...

On her grandson's performance in the final, Milagros is full of praise. She points out that Dani Olmo knew how to read a demanding game and that he changes the tempo whenever matches get complicated. For Dora, his maternal grandmother, the midfielder shone throughout the tournament and also in the decisive match, although she admits with humor that sometimes she would like him to shoot more instead of passing the ball.

Sometimes I think he should not give the ball to the others so much and should score himself, but he tells me it is fine that way...

Pride in a national team that became a close-knit family

Beyond their grandson's individual performance, both grandmothers highlight the group coached by Luis de la Fuente. Milagros says she felt great satisfaction watching Spain win because she knew how much that dressing room deserved the title. She describes it as a very united team, a family in which no one was selfish and where the spirit of all for one and one for all prevailed.

That togetherness, they insist, was key to overcoming the difficult moments of a tournament that demands consistency and mental strength. For Dora, the triumph rewards not only talent but the collective generosity of a squad that knew how to put the common good above any personal interest.

Dani Olmo's sacrifice: from hiding the ball to winning the World Cup

Dora recalls with tenderness and a few held-back tears the journey her grandson has made to reach the top. As a child, his obsession with the ball was so strong that his family had to hide it at home to avoid damage. That childhood passion turned into a fierce ambition that led him to leave home as a teenager.

First Croatia, then Germany and later success with Barcelona and the senior national team. Milagros stresses that nothing has ever been handed to Dani Olmo. Every step forward in his career has come after quiet, constant work. That is why seeing him now happy and a world champion gives meaning, according to his grandmothers, to all the sacrifices the family experienced alongside him.

Both agree that the midfielder is humble and finds it hard to show his feelings. However, they know he dreamed of this moment since he was a child and that he has worked with fierce determination to achieve it.

The daily bond with a world champion

Despite the distance and the fast-paced life of an elite footballer, Dani Olmo keeps a constant connection with his grandmothers. He sends them good morning and good night messages every day and always replies to their texts, even during the World Cup camp. It is a detail that Dora and Milagros appreciate with the same devotion they show when talking about his sporting achievements.

Both regret not seeing him as much as they would like, a feeling they share with grandmothers all over the world. Even so, they closely follow every match, every goal and every new moment of joy their grandson gives to Spanish fans.

The next challenge: the Nations League and more celebrations

Dora and Milagros have got used to winning and have no intention of lowering expectations. Milagros recalls with laughter that she already predicted Spain would win the World Cup, and now she has a new forecast: the team will conquer the Nations League again. Her fellow grandmother does not doubt it and assumes there will be more reunions to celebrate new titles.

I told you we would win the World Cup, and we did. I have powers... And now we will win the Nations League again.

Dora, with her characteristic sense of humor, replies that they will meet again with more trophies as long as life allows it. Milagros goes one step further and jokes that they might even live to see their grandson become a coach. The journalist, for her part, has already put the cava back in the fridge, hoping for a new meeting with the women she calls her favorite grandmothers.