Luis de la Fuente The national team has been trying to create a bubble since taking over the bench; The electric chair has been charged with voltage from the beginning. from your letter Sergio Ramos (a name that returns to the discussion) until case rubialesbut one Nations League involvement and reinforcement of a football idea. Especially in this last international window that resulted in beatings Georgia (1-7) and Cyprus (6-0).
Finally, after the victory against Granada, De la Fuente only talked about football in the press conference he held. “You want to play this kind of match. I am very happy with your attitude. It seems like easy matches, but they are not. We have reasons to be happy. We have always been optimistic. All our goals were achieved. “Our struggle is to continue to grow,” admitted Riojan, who put the Rubiales case aside for a moment after the win over Cyprus.
Football’s victory over the noise allowed for the fine-tuning of a list broken against Scotland, the exception of this knockout stage, and it was reworked in the Nations League. In an interview with SPAIN NEWSPAPERMikel Merino from Prensa Ibérica, one of the important players of the new era of the national team, drew attention to De la Fuente’s management and talent. Explain tactical concepts clearly and effectively.
Vertical property to occupy opposite space
“It is very difficult to achieve goals of this magnitude because the teams defend well. However, the players are the main heroes of the game. thanks to the ability to sustain attention How do they do this? “I wasn’t thinking of such big victories,” De la Fuente reflected, collectivizing success as if it were still in the making.
In this context, Comparisons with the national team coached by Luis Enrique are inevitable. From what we have seen so far, without a major tournament in sight, Riojan’s desire is to create a very vertical team with possession of the ball but always the will to reach the opposing team. Duels against the two inferior rivals, Georgia and Cyprus, are a great calling card.
Moreover, De la Fuente has multiple plot lines to draw from. Issues such as improvements since the first game Fabian or continued extraction of talents Dani Olmo; Second, successful rotation to maintain the score pulse Joselu And Ferran, Carvajal’s outstanding form or Álex Baena’s first goal.
A great example of Spain’s current situation, the success story of Lamine Yamal cuts both ways. “Footballers with that touch of genius are different, but you have to be careful, train them and protect them. You will go through peaks that you will need to understand and be prepared for less good moments“explained De la Fuente, probably the person who understands and knows Spanish youth football best.
Backline injuries and doubts
Acclaimed as a star in Nuevo los Cármenes, Yamal is one of the scissors the national team has become with two deep ends. On the one hand andI The Barça player is Nico Williams. The athletic player became the star of the worst news against Cyprus due to his injury.
Dani Olmo and Marco Asensio went down against Georgia. Three significant losses considering the proximity of the next international window. The Spanish team will play against Scotland in Valladolid on October 12 A match where they can close out their division and remove the sting of the painful first leg in the process. On the 15th, he leaves for Norway for a meeting whose importance will be determined by what happened in the previous meeting.
The second half of the matches against Georgia and the first half of the matches against Cyprus are the best work of the senior team led by De la Fuente. Two shows of authority with different heroes. In fact, only six players have had no minutes in this window. Besides goalkeepers Kepa And David RayaFront Abel Ruiz central ones David Garcia (throw against Cyprus) and Paul Torres; and side azpilicuetaHe did not take well to his absence against Cyprus after the warm-up.
The removal of the two centers is significant and shows that this is the most vulnerable position of the new structure. Laporte’s departure to Saudi Arabia increases fears that the level of competition will decrease. The other defender chosen by De la Fuente is Le Normand. This fuels Sergio Ramos’ possible return to the national team, even after not playing a single minute with Sevilla and after a public disagreement with the coach.
Rodri: “We have to adapt to the demands of modern football”
These are doubts in a notebook where most pages invite optimism. The grand colonel of the union is a Rodri Hernandez who is instantly in sensational form. The player developed by Guardiola has Ballon d’Or numbers, performance and form.. Although his image and personality are far from that of a modern football player. It’s a metrical verb and has a t-shirt in it.
“You have to adapt to the demands of today’s modern football. Possession for so long with so many touches is no longer effective. This does not mean that we have lost our essence, because we have certain characteristics, but areas are more important today. We are trying to be more vertical,” Rodri said in March.
similar scale Dani OlmoHe showed his level of maturity by decreasing after 1-7. Offers multiple logs in attack, hits with a hammer from the left profile and moves towards the door. His powerful shot and expertise in creating the necessary space have made him a barrier-breaking player.
Fabián’s “freedom” in the face of ostracism with Luis Enrique
What is more paradoxical is that Fabian RuizAppeared before the Cyprus match. The Andalusian football player did not hesitate to regret the lack of minutes in PSG, coached by Luis Enrique, who left his job after the European Cup in which he was left behind in the Denmark match. “I don’t know why he didn’t call me again.But these are the decisions made by the coaches,” he thought.
Fabian was One of the prominent names of his generation in the subcategories trained by Luis de la Fuente. This does not have to be decisive in the future, but it is for the Riojan and the national team, despite their shortcomings, who know how to take advantage of the maneuverability that a player LaLiga lost at a very young age brings to the game. The prominent name in the Paris team, meanwhile, does not want to leave.
“Luis (De la Fuente) leaves me freedom both in attack and defense. “Gaining the trust of the youth teams and now the senior teams makes me calmer on the field,” he explained. While Luis Enrique was given the image of a praetorian guard during his time, the players together with the Rioja coach do not stop repeating this word. “freedom”. Fabián argued that the meaning of this new setup was “to reach the opposite field and finish the game without fear of losing possession”.
Risk of the same thing happening in Scotland
Now, De la Fuente needs to visualize an environment where this freewheeling statement will not degenerate into anarchy, and where there is an equally containment plan for situations like those experienced in Scotland. Spain felt vulnerable against a team that put them under pressure and this shook him until he lost control of the game. These are the obstacles to learning in the national team, as Merinos recalled in his conversation with this newspaper. “Quickly replace chip”.
Although some players come with the most modern and updated hard disk. We should also add to the formation of Luis de la Fuente’s game idea the vitamins provided by glitches such as the following. Laminated Yamal. Everything creates an ideal environment for the development of a project that aims to be among the favorites of the next European Cup.
For this purpose, Luis de la Fuente, according to the comments of his close circle: works until late in the morningwith. It is work that bears fruit and turns into applause, but it is very different from that of the parliament that brought him forward.