Busquets and ten more

Vicente del Bosque appeared the day after the game against Honduras. That June 22 there was a bittersweet flavor between the Spanish expedition in Potchefstroom. I know had won, but had not liked it. And the match before Chile already looked like the first grand finale. And the coach, as always, gave the face to answer all the questions and enter the debates that had been opened by the previous match between the press and the comments of former coach Luis Aragonés at Al Jazeera.

“If I were a player I would like to look like Busquets.” With this phrase at the press conference and this message that then reiterated In the individual interviews that he gave, the selector closed any possibility to change the pair of half centers that he had chosen to be incumbents. “Busquets He does everything, he is continually willing to help the team, he is generous, he empties defensively, and he is one of the first to start playing soccer. And when he is fine football becomes more fluid. And not to mention Xabi Alonso with their way of being, also thinking of a team, reinforces our defensive system, joins the center of the field as builder, more with the variant of the short or long game with ease, and has a shot on goal“commented the coach who knew the position as a wonderful midfielder because he played in that area and was also one of the best in Spain.

Del Bosque made it clear on June 22, 2010 that the Selection were Busquets and 10 more. Busy, as everyone already knew him, had entered the World Cup list after playing his first season in Primera. And I wasn't going to put Xavi at the double pivot, as I had suggested Luis, and was going to continue cjoining with Xabi Alonso. “I don't think it differs much from where he plays for Barcelona, ​​in his area of ​​influence, in the last few meters, and he also has the possibility of coming to create game and partner with Xabi Alonso and Busquets. I am happy with Xavi. Is another one coach on the field and it is a privilege to be able to work with people with that commitment. “

The coach he also qualified the criticisms to his own team that expressed after the match against Honduras, but continued being demanding in his analysis assuring that “before a more demanding team we would have been an easy rival” because in the last 20 minutes the National Team offered a vulnerable image.

He another point of the debate was about the style. There were opinion-makers who considered that playing with extremes modified the essence of the tiqui-taca of the Eurocopa 2008. For Del Bosque the inclusion of Jesús Navas enriched the team and nuanced the model. The coach made it clear that he would put extremes when he deemed it convenient as he was going to keep double pivot Busquets-Xabi Alonso with Xavi one line higher.