Spain – Italy half-time musings
One of many quotes forward of the sport was about Spain utilizing intelligence together with their ardour for the shirt. And I believe it is truthful to say that is precisely what we have seen to this point.
La Roja has had very gifted gamers through the years, and have received prime titles with them, however even these groups have been criticised by some for an excessive amount of passing with little common risk on purpose. Scoring one and enjoying keep-ball for the remainder of the sport was a tactic that usually labored effectively for them.
This facet, nonetheless, seem like rising in stature with the perfect of each worlds: possession sure, however at all times with a view to constructing in direction of the opposition’s web.
When William Cowper’s wrote in 1785 that “selection is the very spice of life, that offers all of it its taste,” he might effectively have been waxing about De La Fuente’s present group. With the solidity of the likes of Rodri holding every thing collectively, after which the thrilling play of Fabián, Yamal, Williams and Pedri, the priority for the opposition comes from throughout and in quite a few kinds.