The stumbling block against Portugal puts pressure on Luis Enrique’s team to beat a Czech Republic looking for the double at home, after beating Switzerland on day one
The Spanish team measures its reaction time in Prague. La Roja’s draw against Portugal in Benito Villamarín has significantly reduced the margin of error for Luis Enrique’s team, who cannot afford to fail again in the city of Franz Kafka not to lose the rope against the Czech Republic in the recently started third edition of the League of Nations. The Central European bloc, leader of the group after beating a Switzerland that has higher stakes but was weak in the territories in its debut, is chasing the double at Sinobo Stadium and will put Spain to the test within this extremely tight schedule that does not offer space to lick the wounds. It’s time to stand up to prevent the slope from gaining unaffordable percentages.
While the draw with Portugal made sense, the way it happened created a sense of discouragement in the Spanish dugout, although Luis Enrique expressed satisfaction with the attitude and play of his pawns. “It’s hard to withstand this pressure for 90 minutes, but the team was good, I liked it,” he declared, with an optimism that clashes with the lack of strength of his pupils in the Portuguese area.
Apart from the result, the dispute with Portugal again showed that Luis Enrique has enough wardrobe. Azpilicueta obeyed on the right, Diego Llorente covered Laporte’s loss with solvency in the ashes of the rear, Carlos Soler continues to pressure Koke and Sarabia gave another blow to the table as they struggle to get into the attacking trident. But the frenetic pace of travel and play, added to the heights of the trail we are in, leaves no choice but to manage the minutes with great caution, so Luis Enrique will shake the tree in search of extra energy.
Carvajal, substitute in Heliópolis, points to the right side of a defense that Iñigo Martínez could also get in. In midfield, Koke is likely to take over from Carlos Soler and Rodri has options to sign Busquets. Above, Asensio and Ansu Fati are looking for minutes to feel important in the national team again, although Luis Enrique has already warned that the Barca diamond’s case is special as it stems from a very long injury.
On the other side is a Czech Republic that Spain has faced five times since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, with a balance of four wins for La Roja and one draw. The last time they met was in the first stage of Euro 2016, with victory for the team led by Vicente del Bosque thanks to a lone goal in the final stretch from Pique to Iniesta’s cross. De Gea saved the furniture shortly afterwards, frustrating Darida’s equalizing goal on the day the Manchester United goalkeeper took over from Iker Casillas, a substitute at the start of a final phase fourteen years later.
Of the starting eleven that Spain had on that occasion, Jordi Alba, Busquets and Morata resisted. Azpilicueta and Koke, also called up for the first four games of the League of Nations, were on the bench. Peter Cech was the great figure of the Czechs at the time, led by Pavel Vrba, who retired as a coach at the end of that European Championship. Since 2018, Jaroslav Silhavy has been at the helm, who managed to guide the ‘národní tým’ to the quarter-finals of the European Championship in 2021. Denmark blocked its path after the Central Europeans fell on the Netherlands in the round of 16.
The Czechs lost the last train before the World Cup in Qatar when they fell to Sweden in the play-offs in March and they face the League of Nations with the intention of doing a good job, although they are aware that Spain and Portugal have the favourites. the group. The loss due to injury to Schick, who signed a season with Bayer Leverkusen and scored 24 goals in 27 Bundesliga games, diminishes his offensive potential. His absence is joined by other important ones such as defender Tomas Holes and midfielder Antonin Barak, also due to physical problems. Yes, Vaclik, Sevilla exporter and Jantko, Getafe midfielder, are available. Two key figures in a block in which order prevails. Spain is on a mission to dismantle it.
Source: La Verdad
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