The tactical surprise of
Luis Enrique with
Dani Olmo
as ‘false 9’ was the last gift from the Asturian coach to make this Spanish team the team of all. That Spain dominated the beautiful Italy is another contribution to the feeling of belonging of a team that has been hooked by believing that the team is above individualities. A group of normal, authentic, young, well-prepared people who have learned to suffer and who have grown up under the protection of a fantastic coach.
This group has overcome the disaffection with the selection made by those who could not stand that Real Madrid did not provide their shield to the Red. They were outcasts. They whistled
Morata
because they needed to belittle a group that they didn't know has a lot of personality. Starting by
Pedri, who seems shy and timid because as he looks so much like Iniesta in the field someone might think that it is the same outside. But
Pedri
he is fun and leader, a nice group entertainer, good guy, like
Alvaro Morata
,
who did not stop calling
Ansu Fati
Not a week since he had surgery for the first time, that he was pending of the Barcelona and that is never forgotten.
La Roja is hooked by his game, by his personality, by his proposal. Fall in love with
Dani Olmo
, imposing before the ‘azzurra’. Fought look at
Elm
Like a son, he admires the man from Terrassa and his decision to leave La Masia at the age of 15 to play in Croatia when it was comfortable to stay in the aristocratic Barça quarry. Fought It belongs to the town. You need footballers like
Elm
, connected to your personal psychologist
Lorraine Cos
, who worked with his father in Sabadell, because the Catalan, like
Luis Enrique
, believes that in football the control of emotions is basic.
The Leipzig player speaks Croatian and when he became the 160th footballer who joined the charity project of
Juan kill
Common Goal, giving 1% of its salary for humanitarian projects, decided to help the Croatian NGO Cross Cultures to return the smile to the children of the Balkan war.
Fought
he prepared the game and made decisions, brave, determined, consistent. With these characteristics, what he has achieved is achieved, recovering pride in the Red, making everyone feel represented by the national team, provoking applause from the football world. Spain has recovered in this European Championship the star with which it shone with the best generation of Spanish football. Fought he does not change any of his footballers because he thinks, believes, feels that by working as a team all dreams can be achieved. Qatar is there, just around the corner, and Spain will be happy.
In the penalty shootout nor Dani Olmo, immense in the semifinals, nor Morata, author of the tying goal could score. Y
Pedri
he cried, heartbroken, because he wanted to be in the final. For Luis Enrique. For the effort of the group. Do not worry,
Pedri, this selection has managed to recover the pride of feeling Spanish. He has achieved it with Fought as a leader.