FEATURE ARTICLE

Friday, August 6, 2021
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Belgium
THE SPANISH NATIONAL SIDE " LA ROJA": A FINE SOCCER-PLAYING TEAM!

t the recently concluded "Euro 2020", we saw a Spanish team that was young, relatively inexperienced, but played soccer with uncanny maturity and above all kept faith with typical Spanish traditions of: possession soccer a la 'tiki taka', good positional play and of course a decent measure of flair and soccer skills. Quintessential skills for that matter!

What is most surprising is the speed of the Spanish soccer "renaissance". From the ashes of the golden generation that won the 2008 and 2012 European championships and the 2010 World cup competition , but collapsed at the 2014 and 2016 World cup and European tournaments respectively, has apparently arisen a team that is set to rule the soccer world again.

The Spanish team showed neither immaturity nor complexes during "Euro 2020". They took on their opponents with uncanny confidence, audacity and alacrity. And of course tinged with their beautiful passing game : a la 'tiki taka', were a beauty to behold. My wife who has a passing interest in the game, noticed the beautiful possession soccer exhibited by the Spaniards. They were indeed super.

They started the tournament on an average level, but grew in the tournament and finally transformed to the fantastic team that lost narrowly to the Italians in the semi-finals.

The Spanish team has no doubt graduated or rather almost graduated to a top European/ World soccer team, that has the potential to get to any height in soccer. But however, for all their progress thus far, the team lacks a very vital component: a clinical finisher!!!!!!!

The importance of a clinical finisher in a soccer team cannot be overemphasised. Goals win matches, and that is the main responsibility of clinical finishers. No team can be truly rated as great, capable of winning major tournaments, without a clinical finisher. Thus, the onus is on Coach Luis Enrique, to find one for his fine team. If he does he would have a truly complete team that can challenge for any title on planet earth!

In conclusion, Kudos to Coach Luis Enrique and the technical staff and of course the players for the beautiful job done so far.

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