World Cup – Spain blind to its limits against Morocco: “A team can win without attacking”

This Tuesday, Spain is outside but refuses to make its critical examination. “I am more than satisfied with what my team did, they symbolized the idea that I have of football and I can only congratulate them for their attitude and their behavior“, has also advanced Luis Enrique in a press conference.

“You play a great game, but you are held in check and behind anything can happenI explained Llorente. On this side, Morocco was superior and won this match. But the pitch didn’t help and they defended very well. We had chances but we didn’t manage to score this goal“.

“We expected eleven guys behind, as is the case in every gameI completed Rodri. It’s complicated in these conditions, it’s frustrating. […] We gave everything, I think we deserved to pass but that’s how it is. Football is not about justice, it’s just knowing how to put the ball in the bottom“.

No plan B

If they all underlined the Moroccan merit, the players of La Roja seemed blinded by their own limits. The initial demonstration against Costa Rica (7-0) finally gave way to less successful matches, despite a high-level draw against Germany (1-1). For the rest, there was this fear in front of Japan, perhaps announcing a lack of plan B in the event of neutralization of plan A.

“I believe that football is a magnificent sport but sometimes with a clear connotation that a team can win without attackingestimated, bitter, Luis Enrique. We completely dominated this match and tried to create chances. It cost us, we shot eleven times on goal but very few between the two posts“. While his future at the head of La Roja is not yet guaranteed, Luis Enrique refused to discuss his personal fate at a press conference. But the debate almost goes beyond his case: can La Roja still win a big tournament by playing like that? Since 2014, it is possible to doubt it…