World Cup 2022: What next for Spain & Luis Enrique after shock loss to Morocco on charges?

Host country: Qatar Dates: 20 November-18 December Coverage: Live on BBC TELEVISION, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport site and app. Day-by-day television listings – Full protection detailsLuis Enrique wished to offer Spain’s advocates a ‘program’ at Qatar 2022 – however in the end his side were sent out house with allegations of being ‘uninteresting’ ringing in their ears. Regardless of controling ownership in their second-round match versus Morocco on Tuesday, Spain were knocked out of the World Cup on charges as the African side reserved a historical quarter-final versus Portugal. It is now 10 years considering that Spain won their last significant prize, when they won back-to-back Euros and a World Cup in 4 years, and they have actually not advanced past the last 16 considering that they won the World Cup in2010 Spanish football professional Guillem Balague stated Spain were “miles away” from taking on the leading countries, however is it completion for supervisor Luis Enrique and his ‘passing experiment’? Fifa World Cup: Schedule and path to the finalWorld Cup Daily: Vamos Ramos and Moroccan magic’ I would select those charge takers agai n’The statistics are amazing. Spain had 77% of belongings and made 1,019 passes – 926 were precise – compared to Morocco’s304 They ended the match, however, with simply 6 shots and one shot on target as, time and time once again, their client passing method was remarkably rebuffed by a well-organised Morocco. The pattern of the video game was nearly inescapable for a Spain side who hardly ever play a main striker – just causing Alvaro Morata as a centerpiece – and who had actually made 1,058 passes in their defeat by Japan in the group phase. Their one shot on target is the most affordable they have actually handled in a World Cup considering that this information was offered (1966), while they end up being the very first country to lose 4 World Cup charge shootouts and simply the 2nd side to not score in one. Those charge problems are a lot more unpleasant when you think about Luis Enrique mentioned his side had actually practiced 1,000 charges in training. “I picked the takers, I believed they were the very best on the pitch,” Enrique stated. “[If I could change something] I would take [Morocco keeper Yassine] Bounou away and put another goalkeeper there. [Penalties] are not a lotto for me. You need to manage yourself. “What we did was control the video game however we did not have the objective, that is the truth, that is the reality.” ‘If it depended on me I would remain all my life’Former Spain midfielder Luis Enrique, 52, runs out agreement this summertime after being selected employer in2018 He stepped away for a brief duration in 2019 due to the fact that his late child had actually been identified with bone cancer, prior to returning and assisting Spain to the Euro 2020 semi-finals, where they lost to Italy on charges. He stated: “Next week we will speak and go over about my future, now it’s not the ideal minute – I’m the one accountable. “If it depended on me, I would remain all my life, however that is not the case. I need to believe calmly what is the very best for me and for the nationwide group. All scenarios will have an impact.” Spain drew kudos for their design and developed themselves as the world’s prominent country under Luis Aragones and Vicente del Bosque in their period of dominance in between 2008 and2012 And Luis Enrique has actually certainly adhered to the exact same possession-based technique throughout his time with the nationwide group, regardless of continuously losing at the significant competitions. Ballague stated: “Spain simply have not sufficed. Morocco had a much better forecast of the strategy than we did. We had a strategy however could not impact the video game and we didn’t alter or try to find options, since we do not have them. “In the nation there wasn’t a great deal of expectation. Now stopping working here is commemorated in Spain – due to the fact that there will be 100,000 Moroccans commemorating in Spain. “Now it lets us discuss what next. Luis Enrique runs out agreement this summer season and do we keep with Enrique who, persistent as he is, will stick to his concept, or do we search for something brand-new?” The Spain manager has actually protected his method throughout the competition, stating ‘football is a program and not for dull individuals’. Having lost to Japan and Morocco now in Qatar, did he get his method incorrect? “When you see the very best of Spain, it is when the other group desire the ball and you can discover area,” Ballague stated. “Teams that can win the World Cup today, France, England, Brazil, they have far more than we have. “We have not shot from outside package, we have not put crosses in, we are not physical, not extremely quick. We do not play long since we do not have somebody that can hold the ball, we are not excellent at set-pieces. You require to have more.” ‘Terrible’ and ‘devastating’ – how Spain reactedSpanish media did not spare the nationwide group, calling Spain’s loss to Morocco on charges “dreadful” and “devastating”. Spanish papers like El Pais and La Vanguardia right away released headings like “for Spain, ownership was inadequate” and “Spain will not go on”. Spain’s “excellent mess” ended with “a devastating batch of charges”, El Mundo included a different report, prior to concluding that Spain “has an excellent group, however that, without success, is unworthy much”. Spain’s sports papers responded to the defeat by Morocco on Wednesday early morning’ Please Luis, why are you tiring us?’ – what you saidDan: Spain do understand this isn’t the ownership World Cup? They require to perform at gamers and take some dangers to make area and develop possibilities. It’s so dull! Andy: Just changed the Spain match on 5 minutes back and almost sleeping currently. Is it me or are they so uninteresting to see? Gray: The rain in Spain falls generally on the … practice pitch where they do countless passes however normally prevent putting the ball in the web. Harry: Didn’t Luis Enrique state that football is a program and a phenomenon? “We bet them – so why bore them?” Please inform us Luis, why are you tiring us? Andy: I simply dropped off to sleep for 30 minutes and on getting up Spain were doing precisely the very same thing as in the past. Believe I’ll return to sleep. Get the current outcomes and objective notices for any group at the Fifa World Cup by downloading the BBC Sport app: Appleexternal-link – Androidexternal-link – Amazonexternal-link Get your everyday dosage of Fifa World Cup response, dispute & analysis with World Cup Daily on BBC Sounds
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