Was over. The time is over, a convulsive time, of Luis Enrique in charge of the Spanish team. He ended up in the disastrous shootout against Morocco (three shots, zero goals) that sent his team home. The era of the Asturian coach ended in Doha because the Spanish football federation (FEF) has understood, as indicated in a statement, the “need to start a new project” without him on the bench. Louis of the Sourcethe current U-21 coach, is the great candidate to succeed him, without ruling out the option of Marcelino, former coach of Athletic and Valencia, among other clubs.
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The coach who has managed to sow the seed of a young and promising Spain (semifinalist of the last Euro Cup, runner-up in the Nations League and classified for the next meeting of the four best teams in Europe) is leaving, to whom the failure of the World Cup ( eliminated in the round of 16 on penalties) has precipitated the exit.
Molina’s report
The decision has been adopted by Luis Rubiales, president of the federation, after studying the report prepared by José Francisco Molina, the sports director. “A report has been transferred to the president in which it is determined that he must start a new project for the Spanish soccer team.” A project that no longer has Luis Enrique.
“The sports management has forwarded a report to the president in which it is determined that a new project for the national team must start,” argues the federation, which “strongly wishes” the best of fortunes to Luis Enrique and his team “in their future professional projects”
The Asturian has spent four years in the national team divided into two stages, tragically interrupted by the death of Xana, his daughter. In this process, the Asturian has vehemently defended the ideas of him transformed into a transgressor (just look at his almost daily session as a streamer in the middle of the tournament), who has had the ability to connect the public, especially young people, with his team .
unfinished project
He advanced the regeneration of the group (Spain was the third youngest team in Qatar-2022), aware of the need to break with the old hierarchies, symbolized in the figure of Sergio Ramos, to start a new project. An unfinished project that has endowed with its own identity, although it crashed in Doha when it went from more (the exciting 7-0 against Costa Rica) to less (1-1 with Germany) conceding its first defeat against Japan ( 1-2), prologue to their loss in the round of 16 against Morocco (0-0, 3-0) that put an end to their adventure.
Luis Enrique arrived four years ago to pick up a team that was a disaster. On and off the field. Inside because they were eliminated in the round of 16 against Russia, also on penalties, and outside because Julen Lopetegui, the coach who was to lead that World Cup, committed to Madrid hours before the tournament began. This was reported even by the white club, which led to his immediate dismissal forcing Luis Rubiales, president of the FEF, to hastily choose Fernando Hierro as the new coach. He was sports director and happened to sit on the bench. All in 48 hours.
The sentence of penalties
With Luis Enrique, power in the federation changed places. He fell on his figure, absorbed the immense pressure that the position gives off and faced everyone who stood before him, opening the door to young talents (Pedri, Gavi and Ansu, among others) who must lead the new Spain without caring that he was playing the ‘Holy Grail’ of Spain.
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He was stripping Madrid and, of course, Madridismo of all influence in the Spanish heart. He leaves because the federation has decided that he cannot lead the new project. He was able to renew the Asturian in good times, but he did not want to commit his future to any document. His contract ended as soon as the World Cup ended, where he was convinced that he could achieve the goal of “playing all seven games & rdquor; and sneak into the final. He stayed in the round of 16 and there in Qatar his era ended.