Spain presented two changes in the ‘eleven’, but they were only changes in the names, because whoever plays, Luis Enrique is always faithful to his principles. La Roja started as usual, with the ball at their feet, opening the game to the wings and suffering to close the plays. His well-known forms of play were joined by the goddess fortune, who wanted a distant shot from Jordi Alba to be diverted to the net by a Swiss footballer.
The goal, the essence of football, is a balm, the tranquility that athletes need to continue in the fight no matter how much their attempts are not closed and everything remains in threats that, except for the meaning of the match, became a little spectacle. interesting.
Switzerland took more than an hour to tie, and they did it just when Spain was suffering the most. And so, with little history they reached the extension making clear the elements that define them, with their virtues and their defects. Although Spain could interpret as an advantage playing against ten, Switzerland made the tie an extra stimulus to face thirty final minutes.
Llorente, with the help of Busquets, tried to break inside and Jordi Alba was looking for the band and the shot. They were the virtues of control in the game of Spain compared to another virtue of the Swiss: their departure in speed. The minutes passed and the defects appeared. The anxiety and the lack of a goal from Spain, which added one occasion after another with a spectacular Sommer, diminished the mood of Luis Enrique’s men. The Swiss held out as best they could, very organized and convinced of their work while showing a book lock that allowed them to manage their already scarce energy.
Then came the shots from the penalty spot and… Unai Simón’s virtue, over and above the pitchers’ shortcomings, led us to London.
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