The man from La Rioja will be presented (12:30 p.m.) as the new absolute coach after winning several international tournaments in the lower categories of Spain
The Federation has opted for a quick solution to replace Luis Enrique, who will make his first appearance after the elimination this Monday on the Ibai Llanos Twitch channel (9:00 p.m.)
The Qatar World Cup It has been a referendum for the selectors. along the way they have fallen Roberto Martinez (Belgium), ‘Tata’ Martino (Mexico), Paulo Bento (South Korea), Otto Ado (Ghana), louis van gaal (Netherlands), tite (Brazil) and Luis Enrique. But only in the case of the Spanish team has the transition on the bench been accelerated to designate Louis of the Sourceuntil now coach of the sub’21, as his successor.
The era of the new senior coach begins this Monday at 12:30 p.m., when his presentation will take place. The selection will begin the qualifying phase for Euro 2024 in Germany with two games against Norway and Scotland next March. The first big challenge for De la Fuente will be the final four of the Nations League in Juneagainst the Netherlands, host, in addition to Italy and Croatia.
Molina Report
The national relay also points out another peculiarity. While in the international cases cited, the protagonists decided to step aside after failing to achieve the objectives that had been set, the Federation was in charge of announcing the departure of Luis Enrique. The Asturian said goodbye on his account and from home. This Monday he will give his first public appearance after the elimination. He will be interviewed by Ibai Llanos at 9:00 p.m., prolonging his ‘streamer’ rhetoric and away from traditional media.
The body chaired by Luis Rubiales justified his departure in a report prepared by José Francisco Molina, sports director who was not renewed either. The former from Deportivo is succeeded by an old teammate, Albert Luque, although with a lower position, as football director. Another who was with them at the Riazor, Pablo Amo, will be Luis de la Fuente’s second, confirming the theory of communicating vessels in which the new coach himself participates. Luis Enrique’s heir arrived at the RFEF in 2013, chaired by Ángel María Villar, con which he coincided as a player in Athleticone for output and one for input.
Denia, to the sub-21
With this appointment, the selection has opted for a directed and hasty transition, drawn from within and that has caused a dance of pieces, with the promotion of Santi Denia to the sub’21 from the sub’19 that Julen Guerrero will now direct. A closing of the ranks and a structure similar to that of a club that will not modify the style excessively, but the way of applying it will, with the verticality through the different formative stages until reaching the absolute.
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De la Fuente will make his first appearance in an environment he knows perfectly -he was absolute coach for one day against Lithuania-, endorsed by his triumphs in the European sub’21 and sub’19 or the Olympic silver in Tokyo. Knowing that 80% of the current team knows their board, where a 4-3-3 appears that continues to promote possession, but that gives greater freedom to figures such as the midfielder or creative midfielder, without neglecting defensive containment (barely 24 goals in 42 games with the sub’21).
A manual in which names such as those of Kepa, Cucurella, Fabián, Zubimendi, Ceballos or Abel Ruizwho believed in De la Fuente in the lower categories as much as he did, a confessed practitioner, something that he made clear from his presentation, accompanied by the phrase: “God’s decisions are mysterious, but always in our favor”. Faith and football for a new era.