Luis de la Fuente’s Sub’21 grows in the face of adversity

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He overcame every obstacle he encountered in the tournament on the grass

The Spanish Under’21 team began the European Championship with six players in their category with the senior team and with a Zubimendi, the team’s engine, who arrived significantly impaired by a pain in the side that was increasing with the passage of the games after the blows he suffered against Slovenia and Italy. In addition, one of its highest quality players such as Brahim Díaz could only help in the first game as a result of a hard tackle he suffered in the opening match.

As if that were not enough, they found an Italy that played above the regulation before the passivity of a referee who allowed an unacceptable hard game. To all this, a unjust expulsion of Mingueza. The images went around the world. All the football players agreed that the azulgrana did not deserve any sanction, but UEFA was not in that group, so the suspension match was maintained an important player in the defense of the national team.

But everything narrated, was surpassed in the green. With a team that perhaps needs more scoring chances than others to overcome the rival’s goal, who misses more footballers who overflow like Barrenetxea or who can only go to distant shots on rare occasions with Moncayola or Javi Puado. With the overalls against Czech Republic and the as an artist against Slovenia, Luis de la Fuente’s team reached the quarterfinals of the U21 European Championship without conceding a single goal. Being, perhaps, the most serious team in the championship despite the fact that in the prologomena of the tournament the praise was going to stop other teams. Without making noise, they are already among the best.

Solutions, not excuses

Thus, immersed in the fight to defend the title, in the U21 coaching staff there has been no time for regrets. The absence of Bryan Gil has given way to a Barrenetxea that was key against the Czech Republic, without Pedri Gonzalo Villar was given the handle and with Pedro Porro in the absolute Pipa has taken a leap.

There is no doubt that this team has earned the confidence of a football that can have the privilege of having a quarry that the entire continent wants to imitate.. Five Under-21 Europeans in his record are not within the reach of many, in fact only Italy has achieved it and this year the tie between the two teams could be undone.

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