Kosovo must be beaten civilly or criminally

Kosovo must be won anyway. Kosovo must be won by civil or criminal matters, as Luis Aragonés used to say. After the victory against Georgia, Luis Enrique made his statement and intentions for Wednesday's game. They do not think of a stumbling block.

After sincere saying that he was “very concerned” about the game against Kosovo, aware that the team is not going through its best moment, Luis Enrique showed his most pragmatic face declaring that you have to win anyway: “We are going to try to solve it with whatever, Spain has to be in the next World Cup and we do not contemplate not being there. And the rivals do not give anything away.”

The coach assured that he is not dogmatic with his style. That all the variants fit to look for a triumph. Luis Enrique does not shy away from talking about football like other coaches do. On the contrary, he explains in detail the details of his approach if asked about it. In the reflection on the way to face the game against Kosovo, he revealed that he does not prohibit anything from his players, neither the long throw looking for a more direct game nor any other resource to attack.

Luis Enrique explained the philosophy of the positional game model that he develops in the National Team: “We try to use the occupation of spaces to generate the greatest number of options for the holder of the ball and from there they are all open: ball behind the opponent's back, a ball between the lines, a ball outside, they are the ones who decide”.

The coach requires his players to take risks. “Risk passes have to be played, that is what we seek in the National Team, we seek to have possession of the ball, of course, but we seek to deepen as much as we can. And you have to risk and look for the last line, you have to try “.

“I don't care if you fail, what I want is for you to try”. That was what Luis Enrique said to the internationals at halftime against Georgia with 1-0 down on the scoreboard, a result that put Spain in difficulties to qualify for the World Cup.

But against Kosovo in addition to having courage, being daring and daring, the Asturian coach has asked his players to win however they are, with courage and heart: “If we lack football and we lack precision, and we do not have finesse and freshness, it will be with the heart or with the head or whatever”.