In this World Cup property is lost, for now, the battle. Teams prefer to defend themselves and go to kickback, because that’s how they hurt their rivals. It has been seen several times in the two finalists. Argentina and France finished their last two meetings with less possession than their rivals in both the quarterfinals and semifinals.
In this world blow dominates, and many lack that in Spain, the elimination of the team coached by Luis Enrique was far away in the face of Regragui’s revelation. Despite this, in the absence of the final and the fight for third place, La Roja continues to appear in the statistics of the tournament, leading the ranking of passes completed of the World Cup.
He did not benefit, but so far no team, even with two games (and some with extensions), has surpassed the 3,527 passes where the Spanish team finished.
This number is available for both Argentina (so far it has 3,297) number Croatia (3,294). Besides, if nothing unusual happens, they will beat the Spanish team in their last game. It is almost impossible to do this Morocco (1,791) and, looking at the records of their matches, it seems that the current world champion, who will defend the title on Sunday, is not ahead of Spain.
What is clear is that they do not care. They know how to win with fewer balls than anyone else. And here in Doha, at this point, the main thing for the French and Argentines is to bring home ‘the trunk’ as Luis Enrique used to say.
Ranking passes completed
1
SPAIN3,527
3
CROATIA3,294
5
ENGLAND2,723
7
PORTUGAL2,615
two
ARGENTINA3,297
4
FRANCE2,773
6
BRAZIL2,696
8
NETHERLANDS2,442
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
