Eurocopa Under-21 Stellar Dani Gómez

Luis de la Fuente has done it again. Years pass, generations change, casualties accumulate … But there is something that always remains the same: the coach wins, wins and wins again (even when he serves with a tie). The slogan of Luis Aragonés with a profile very similar to that of the Wise Man from Hortaleza does good: a close coach, who gets his players to go to death with him. Take great talents and make champions. It is the secret of a U-21 that despite the absences has astonished Europe once again with a football that is as colorful as it is effective.

Against the Czech Republic a cheating match was found. It is difficult to play without ties when you know that a draw serves, especially against an opponent who was waiting for La Rojita to stretch to launch the cons. The first half hour of De la Fuente's was very good. They accumulated up to four clear arrivals, especially a personal move by Puado on the right that Barrenetxea failed to finish off at the goal.

The 1-0 resisted and the Czechs listened through the earpiece of the win by Italy that left them out of the European Championship. They advanced lines and Spain shrunk. Those 15 minutes before the break were the worst for La Rojita in the tournament, who despite this did not receive any dangerous shots. In the best and worst moments there is a common denominator: the defensive line and the goalkeeper, Álvaro Fernández, are life insurance.

Barrenetxea to the right

The Spanish returned from the dressing room with another face. They went from one of their most critical moments to one of the best. The coach changed bands to Puado and Barrenetxea and the variation was key, because the Real Sociedad was a knife on the right.

Unused opportunities followed and De la Fuente had to resort to the bullet he had kept in the chamber. Dani Gómez came in with a gun full of gunpowder and pocketed the ball in the goal the first time he touched it, in the 68th minute. Shortly after, in 77 ', he made the second on his private account and definitely buckled the pass to quarters. The Alcorcón Shark is lethal when plugged in.

In the final minutes, a detail that is not minor for De la Fuente: he entered Riqui Puig, the only field footballer who had not yet played. The harmony of the group is as important as the victories and that is one of the secrets of this team that is once again among the eight best in Europe.