The biggest slap in the face of this World Cup was inflicted on Costa Rica, followed by two more unsafe performances against Germany and especially Japan. With Spain rising masked in the group stage, it’s now time to come out of the woods.
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A whole country trembled for two minutes. Led – and eventually beaten – by Japan, La Roja were all but eliminated, blaming a Costa Rican team that took the lead against Germany. Sterile as rare and unable to reverse the scenario, Luis Enrique’s band finally owes their salvation only to the team to overthrow the Ticos imperially and offer him second place to a mad hen. A moment of suspense, just days after the Central American selection was crushed, which illustrates the beginning of the Spanish tournament quite well: difficult to decipher.
Roja Alert
This Roja, who landed in the shoes of a credible contender in the race for the star in Qatar, does not emerge higher in strength at the end of his first three games. She received reprimands from a national sports press so quickly that she finally defended herself against the Japanese after the setback without any consequences. “It annoys me a lot because I would have liked to have won the group if I had won the match. Giving up is not in my manual, and neither is celebrating a loss. I don’t have much to celebrate, I can’t be happy, Luis Enrique complained after the final whistle. I’m not worried It’s a slap in the face that makes you realize it’s a World Cup. »
If most of the big fish have yet to pass the revealing dates at the top, Spain has rubbed shoulders with Germany. balance sheet? Mixed. Admittedly, the style of play hasn’t changed one iota, but the exciting youngsters seen at the Euro don’t seem to have landed in the desert of Qatar just yet. “Sometimes it’s not so bad when something like that happens, because when you see everything clearly… If we had been beaten in the round of 16, we would have cried for four years,” Morata said in an interview with AS. Bottom line, the mistake happened when there was still a chance, in the group stage. And to think that we’re in the closing stages thanks to the excellent result against Costa Rica, which seemed easy…” The rest wasn’t… until now.
The hour of revolt has come
This round of 16 match against Morocco, according to Enrique a “Revelation of the World Cup”, therefore comes at the right time to make a statement, while the highlights remain the manager’s live twitch for now. This match is so dear to Didier Deschamps, who initiates the closing stages. And transform a team like the Blues did in 2018? “As far as the game is concerned, we will not change anything, we will continue to play the way we do. That doesn’t mean that we will dominate all the time, every minute, the boss unrolled at a press conference this Monday. I don’t care about the result at all. What interests me is that the team does things well. When we do things well, winning is normal. And I am convinced that we will earn more. »
A concern for the beautiful game not necessarily shared by all his men, like Morata. “I want us to be world champions even if I never set foot on the pitch again. If I’m told I have to go home but Spain win the World Cup, then I’ll go home and we’ll get the trophy,” he promises. It would be a shame to come from a lad who has already scored three goals in this tournament, his country’s key striker in the last two major tournaments. At least a certainty that can be counted on on the other side of the Pyrenees.
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