You have to look back a lot to find an Asturian player in a great tournament with the national team. But in the coaching staff of Luis Enrique and in other departments of the Federation the seal of the Principality is evident. In Qatar there are eight Asturians who make up the Red Army that wants to win the World Cup in Qatar with Luis Enrique at the helm. In the image, and from the left, the Asturians of La Roja: Pablo García Cuervo (communications director of the Federation), Óscar Celada (doctor), Juanjo González (goalkeeping coach), Lorenzo del Pozo (retrainer), Luis Enrique (coach), Joaquín Valdés (psychologist), Rafa Zapatero (audiovisual manager) and Álvaro García (camera), yesterday, in Doha.
If Spain’s options had to be measured by the spirit of Luis Enrique, the prospects are unbeatable and the ambition is maximum. The selection is presented in the debut of the World Cup with the enthusiasm given off by the coach, irrepressible, not at all fake, which fits a lot with his personality. Rarely has a team been seen with so much energy projected from the bench, from the chair in the press room and from the “streamer’s” seat. Luis Enrique has managed to shape the atmosphere around the team to the point of projecting a feeling of enthusiasm at the starting point of the competition, which will take place today at the Al Thumama stadium (5:00 p.m., La1). The challenge is to play seven games. The first three are guaranteed and the next four are won round by round, one by one. Spain looks far away without stopping looking closely at the debut against Costa Rica in search of a victory that, as Sergio Busquets said, the opposite personality of his coach, would reinforce the tranquility of the group. “At the moment of truth it will not help anything else, because other times we have started losing and we have been world champions,” said the captain, the only footballer in the country who aspires to be a two-time world champion. The only.
