A party in the world… after seven tournaments of crisis, problems and many contradictions
Spain discounts on watches needed for the start of the European Championships in Germany. Date June 15, Berlin Olympic This is the stage in which to play, the appointed time is six o’clock in the afternoon, and the opponent, Croatia.
The team lived in the silence of their concentration in the Black Forest, far from big cities, in the middle of the countryside and with a tranquility that had little in common with what this Spain De la Fuente experienced.
Morata’s words did little to change the preparations for the opening match against Croatia. And this peace, tense, but due to the importance of the event and the natural nature of sports stress. And this is also an exception compared to many of the final stages of the national team.
2008. Louis’ expired milk
Louis, no matter what happened, was not going to continue leading the team. Everyone knew this, but even before the Euro started this decision was on the table, a move that was clear since in November in Las Palmas he made it clear: “I will leave after the Euro, I have an expiration date.” date of.” “. However, Raúl’s debates and struggles with the team in Santander before the trip to Austria spoiled the start.
2012. Consequences of the Madrid-Barcelona match.
After the 2010 World Cup, which had been calm in the lead-up but was marred by defeat in Switzerland, Euro 2012 arrived with the aftermath of the devastation inflicted on the national team players the previous year Madrid and Barcelona choice. Everything calmed down, but everything was wrong. The best part was that everyone won.
2014. Death of Navas
The World Cup in Brazil ended unsuccessfully. The start was marked by the decision to switch off Jesus Navas due to an ankle injury. There was much internal debate and it was decided that Jesus would go to Brazil. Then in the 44th minute it was very good against Netherlandsthe best Spain history collapsed and everything exploded.
2016. Torbe case
Hours before Spain traveled to Toulouse for their debut against Turkey, the team was shaking. It has been revealed that starting goalkeeper David de Gea was named as a protected witness in the investigation. Torbe case. It did not matter that the police understood that there was insufficient evidence to implicate multiple participants in the conspiracy. The concentration just increased and De Gea’s press conference did little good.
2018. Big move
There has never been such a case in the history of world football. Lopetegui’s Spain, which beat Argentina 6-1 in March, was 48 hours away from making its debut against Portugal in Sochi. On the same day, June 12,
At 17:32 an explosion occurred. Real Madrid have announced that Lopetegui will become their coach after the World Cup. Less than 24 hours later, returning angrily from Moscow, Rubiales He fired Lopetegui and sent him home. TO Fernando Hierro He was given a bull that was mortal from the moment it came into the world. These hours are enough for a novel of intrigue, horror…
Since it could not be otherwise, this solid selection, created Lopetegui He collapsed before such a brutal attack from the inside and to the very foundation.
2021. COVID Crisis
After the Euros were unable to go ahead last summer due to the pandemic, 2021 has seen vaccinations, precautions and cases of illness within teams. In Spain it was before Busquetshis captain and Diego Llorente. Everything changed with the concentration of Spain. The U21 boys played a friendly match against Lithuania. Luis Enrique He decided to wait for two players, although they could not intervene until the third game.
2022. Twitch
He Qatar World Cup It was clear that Luis Enrique would become the star of the Spanish national team. But no one could have imagined that this would happen, because the coach decided to open a channel on Twitch to communicate with people. It was a bomb, inside and outside the concentration. Count to 2-1 with Japon It was in the border zone between originality and extravagance; After that defeat, this became the reference point in the decision to shorten the stage.