A country without an army faced the soldiers, the warriors, of Luis Enriquewhich, on top of that, to continue demonstrating his power, not only in the selection but also, also, in the Spanish Football Federationhe managed to change the usual uniform and demanded (sorry, he succeeded) that ‘la roja’ also wear red pants, perhaps to instill even greater respect and/or fear.
I will not be the one to add water to the wine, but everyone knows what this is about 7-0. The first to know are the coach and his footballers. The value of this 7-0 is given, especially, how ridiculous Argentina Y Germany they have stood up to Saudi Arabia and Japan. If the albiceleste and the haughty Germans had won their commitments, this 7-0 would not have gone beyond being a great debut, the best debut of all time, a superb win, one of the greatest in a World Cup (of course, the largest in Spain) and little else.
Barça power
When the children left school, Spain was already winning 2-0. And the whole world had realized that, indeed, Costa Rica he was no more than a stone guest. Like stone was the one who had been his immense goalkeeper, almost unique, Keylor Navasa true tiger, a flying panther when he was a member of Real Madrid and won three Champions Leagues and yesterday, against the Barça army (Sunrise, Bucket, Pedro, Busquets, Gavi… and the son-in-law of Luis Enrique, ferran torreswhich is already the leader of the top scorer), a doll without reflexes, without power, without response, without prestige.
The Spain that walks hand in hand with the best Barça, the club that contributes the most players to the team, starting with its superb midfield, achieved, in the first half, the record number of passes in the history of a World Cup (538, in the end they were a whopping 1,045, with 94% efficiency)surpassing, you see, that useless record of the Quique Setien’s Barça (1,005 passes against Granada)although Luis Enrique’s mark served for a truly scandalous win, which, at eight in the evening, had already made ‘la roja’ the second favorite betting team (before the game, it was in seventh position) behind Brazil.
The ‘Bild’ are already afraid of Spain and send a warning to their coach: “Help, Hansi! How are you going to stop these Spaniards?”
And not only that, but it scared an entire empire, the German one, an industrial, political, sports and, above all, soccer empire, because from the chulito Manuel Neuer until the largemouth Thomas Müller they start to be scared, fearing that Spain will leave them, next Sunday, seven days after the start of the World Cup, back home only if they tie or beat them. That’s why last night the popular and fun ‘Bild’ already launched a challenge to his team and, especially, to his ‘mister, Hansi Flick, with the headline “Help Hansi! How are you going to stop these Spaniards? & rdquor;
The Germans who had dared to start their match against Japan by covering their mouths in the team photograph, as if to say to FIFA that we are not going to wear the rainbow bracelet, but you know what we think of this World Cup of yours. That funny phrase that he devised ceased to be a reality a long time ago Gary Lineker that “soccer is a sport that the English invented, they play 11 against 11 and Germany always wins& rdquor ;. Well, it’s going to be no. Or, for the moment, it is being a drama for those gentlemen who are so powerful and, I repeat, so haughty.
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We have not seen Brazil, nor Uruguay, nor Portugal, but there is no doubt that, after the first 12 games of this, still, watered down World Cup (the stands of the stadium where Spain played yesterday were painful), the best Soccer, by far, has been played by Spain. Yes, true, before a team too small to believe it; yes, true, against a team that is too old, old man; yes, true, against players who, at most, earn what the Spaniards do in bonuses; but, I repeat, as the shameful defeats of Argentina and Germany show, Costa Rica had to be beaten and Spain wore its best clothes.
There is no doubt that sweet pears are over. Spain will no longer have, in the rest of the World Cup, a rival as weak as Costa Rica and although the King of Spain encouraged the players, between laughs and songs (“keep going, keep going, keep singing & rdquor ;, the monarch told them when entering the locker room of the al thumama stadium) to continue playing like this “because it has been quite a show & rdquor ;, the Germany that awaits them on Sunday is risking their lives. But the LE army knows where it is and the value of this 7-0. “Praise weakens, but this team is not going to relax& rdquor;word of the great captain, the one who decides even the color of the pants they wear.