Two statements were made yesterday that caught my attention, one of Rodri about Luis Enrique (or, better to say, indirectly about Luis Enrique) and another of From the source about Gavi, this one is very direct. What, from a position of strength since he knows that now he himself is an essential player, Rodri came to say is that with Luis Enrique a plan B was missing: “Perhaps it is true that before we had many players with the same profile and we needed other alternatives and players with other characteristics”. He also talked about his position as a central defender, which is clearly not his but to which he had to readapt in the middle of the World Cup because the coach, apparently, did not trust the players he himself had called up, but that opinion seems to me less relevant since Rodri did it phenomenally, but the other thing, that perhaps it would have been good if spain I would have had players with a different profile, that is, a plan B, it does seem remarkable to me because it suggests that this was discussed within the national team, that the players would probably comment on it among themselves, and it is a fact that Luis Enrique was told , and on repeated occasions also, from outside. Which leads me to a second reflection, which is none other than the sense of private property that some coaches sometimes have over everyone’s team, something as public as the national team.
Today I heard a listener say on Fútbol EsRadio that he sees De la Fuente as an accommodating coach and that he prefers to do what the press says to avoid problems. I, for now, have not detected what this listener has noticed, it still seems too early to me, but it is just as bad to fold as to shield oneself, it is just as bad to listen too much as never to do it. Luis Enrique, who is from the clement schoolhe stayed with Spain, he “kidnapped” it, made it his own, shielded himself, surrounded himself with clappers who laughed at all his graces, even the idea of becoming a streamer, and the national team paid for it, Spain paid for it, everyone paid for it Spanish fans. The plan B thing was an open secret but since Luis Enrique knows more than anyone, he did what he wanted, he led Eric Garcia not to put it, summoned Ansu Fati In order not to line it up, he corrected himself by delaying Rodri and did not take footballers who could have offered Spain other different records. Upon arrival, Luis Enrique said that he was going to evolve the team and ended up involving it. Of course, once eliminated by Morocco, he continued to post photos on his Instagram profile as if nothing had happened. He used Spain, appropriated her, then threw her away and went on with her life. He did not admit the debate although, from what Rodri has said, he had it within the concentration.
What De la Fuente has said about Gavi seems surprising to me because, being something that everyone sees, like the famous plan B, nobody has dared to say it, except for a few journalists who can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Yesterday De la Fuente said that Gavi He has behaviors that are not beneficial for him or the team and that he has to correct. To that, I add, it is called maturing. It seems important to me that someone tell Gavi the truth, and even more so from such a privileged position as that of national coach, because I have the impression that in Barcelona nobody dares to do it, it is not going to be that the boy or his environment take it the wrong way and decide to go to the Premier. Gavi is great for what Gavi does, honestly I don’t think he’s ever going to unbalance a match but the boy is tenacious, a whirlwind and a headache for the opponent. Unlike, for example, vinicius, which has had to grow up in an absolutely hostile environment, Gavi has been designed a path of roses to which the permissiveness of Spanish arbitration contributes in a notable way. Gavi shares, distributes and always keeps the best part and what I think De la Fuente suggests is that someone has to tell him as soon as possible that what he is allowed here is not going to be allowed outside and that, therefore, he has what to learn. In this De la Fuente has been brave, with Ramos he was cowardly. One of lime and one of sand. But at least with a Plan B.
