Luis Enrique Martinez did not realize that Switzerland played the last 17 minutes of the game with one less man due to the expulsion of Elvedi. The defender saw the second yellow in the penalty action on Alvaro Morata in the 78th minute, but the Spanish coach did not realize this until he was questioned in the press room.
“Until this expulsion has taken place, it has cost the team,” a journalist commented at the press conference. Luis Enrique, surprised, turned to the national team's press officer and asked him: “Expulsion?”, Without knowing what the reporter was referring to.
Who knows if it was because of the excitement of the last minutes, because of the movement of players in the rival area or because he was giving instructions to a player, but Luis Enrique left one of the anecdotes of the clash in the press room.