2023-10-13 00:24:57
The coaches insist that in modern football, which left the pandemic with five changes, it is as important to be a starter as it is to come off the bench, and Spain’s victory against Scotland was further proof. La Roja started strong, but faded in the first half and failed to generate many chances. It didn’t take long for Luis de la Fuente to move the team and the first to enter was Bryan Zaragoza. “The coach asked me to face, to take crosses, and that’s what I tried,” said the Granada winger on Teledeporte, who was a debutant, but also the best dribbler of those called up.
The first one he hooked, he made two breaks and shot on goal. The second, forced Patterson’s yellow. No nerves. “I’ve worked my whole life for this and I think I’m prepared, although I didn’t imagine it would come so quickly,” Bryan acknowledged.
Spain began to have a little more intention with Zaragoza and definitively gave itself over to the lateral centers. Few better than Jesús Navas for that art. The veteran full-back, a winger for most of his life, came on for Carvajal and made the precise pass for Morata to sneak between the centre-backs and head in to score the goal.
It was a relief for Spain that much, but the role of the “reserves” had not yet ended. Another of the “prepared” debutants who entered was Sancet, scorer of the 2-0, although with suspense, because the ball was taken to the net between him and Porteous. “Have they given it to me? Have they given it to me?” he asked at the end of the meeting. The answer was yes, the referee awarded the goal to him, to make his debut even happier. The pass, by the way, was given to him by Joselu, who was the last replacement for De la Fuente. Coaches can practically change half the team and that is what the coach did to achieve a very important victory that brings the Euro Cup closer.
The third debutant last night was Madrid full-back Fran García. It was a decisive match, but De la Fuente is clear about it with his players. “It is not difficult to put them in, they are very good. If they are here it is because we consider that they are prepared. These players need opportunities and we offer them with confidence and they do not fail,” said the coach, who gave importance not only to the changes , but globally. “In the second half we took advantage of the good work we did in the first,” said a coach who is going further, who went through problems after the defeat in Scotland, but considers that from then on the game has been a “learning experience.” “Anything that takes time to work and facilitate automatisms and mechanisms is very positive. As the days and concentrations go by, these concepts become more solid. We may be more or less correct, but we are clear about the game,” he assured.
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