The selection generates a lot of play, but still does not have the ‘killer’ to make the difference
Morata is basic at a tactical level, although he lacks a companion like Ansu who is decisive
The Spanish team showed again against Portugal that he lacks a striker with scoring instinct. And this footballer must be Ansu Fati. All the game it generates the Red is not reflected on the scoreboard due to lack of efficiencyan aspect that could be resolved with the Barcelona player.
Ansu has returned to the concentration of Spain a year and a half after his injury. Luis Enrique already warned that his incorporation would be gradual and in this window of the UEFA Nations League I was not going to force it.
Lucho wants him to recover sensations in the team, although he also acknowledged that “he needs to play & rdquor ;. The game against Portugal was premature and the best conditions were not given for him to take the field. The youth squad didn’t even warm up, although he was on the bench.
Spain has been limited by its ineffectiveness in the big events of this second was at the time Luis Enrique. In the European Championship, the balance was five draws and one victory when the game invited better results. La Roja suffered more than necessary, despite reaching the semi-finals and losing unfairly to Italy on penalties.
adjusted markers
In qualifying for the World Cup, the team finished first in the group with very tight results. The test was seen with the two 1-0 victories with which they closed the classification against Greece and Sweden. With more goals, Spain would have passed more easily.
ansu aim for this piece to unlock the attacking team. In his four games with La Roja, he scored a goal and gave a lot of verticality to the game. His presence invites the hope of gaining effectiveness.
Álvaro Morata is the current ‘9’ of the Red. His tactical behavior is highly praised by Luis Enrique. “He has good numbers, plays support very well and is the first to start the pressure. If our strikers don’t press, we are an easier team to beat”, pointed out the coach after the game against Portugal.
A plus in attack
Morata has scored 26 goals in 53 international games. A great figure, but with the feeling that Espala could have scored many more goals. Ferran Torres is accompanying him well with 13 goals at this stage with Lucho and Sarabia is also a good complement.
The team is performing at a good level, although it leaves the feeling that with a more specific man-goal, the overall performance would be higher. The entrance of Raúl de Tomás has also had positive effects and an atmosphere is being generated in which the presence of Ansu can generate a very positive impulse.
Spain will now play two very demanding away games. On Sunday in Prague against the Czech Republic and on Thursday in Geneva against Switzerland. Two games in which it will be difficult for Ansu to have many minutes. The scenario seems more conducive to next Sunday, June 12, against the Czechs again in Malaga.
The World Cup in perspective
Luis Enrique will decide on the fly, depending on how he sees the player and the team, but he understands that Ansu is a piece that must go into dynamics.
After this window, there will only be the one at the end of September to conclude the league Nations League against Switzerland in Zaragoza and Portugal in Braga.
Few games to shoot the footballer before the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the great event in which Ansu Fati should arrive as one of the main cards of the Spanish team.