For the first time in 9 years, I entered the top 8! Enrique's super tactical board embodies the essence of two generations of Spanish football.

From 28 to 212, Spain won one World Cup and two European Cups, and won the championship three times in a row, making it the top matador dynasty. However, in the 214 World Cup, the team stopped the group stage, followed by the 16-year European Cup and the 18-year World Cup. This time, Enrique gave up all the Real Madrid international players and built a "most popular" Spain, but broke the trough in the past nine years and re-killed the stage of the top eight. What is even more surprising is that Enrique's tactical board combines the essence of the two eras before and after the Spanish dynasty.

Enrique's current tactical board is to use two players with the awareness and ability of two strikers as wingers, and at the same time, let two midfielders who can push forward to the ribs and play a part of the inner striker play in series. Busquets, as a midfielder, plays an extremely important role in combing and organizing and rationalizing the whole attack system. What is more rare is that Enrique will not ask the full-back for too many assists, but still ensure a balance of the overall position.

It can be seen clearly from the following animation that busquets's continuous pass is the key to the Spanish attack speed. After Pedri got the ball in the ribs, he divided the ball to the flank and found the winger to cross. When winger Phelan Torres made a cross, the forward center Kirk, center Morata and the other side adduced winger Sarabia were in the penalty area. This kind of personnel role switching is very clear. The only pity is that center Morata's scoring efficiency is too low. This time, the header hit Vader's hand (the referee decided that there was no penalty).

the tradition of Spanish football is to start with the wings and then pass the ball, which is a fixed routine in the early years. However, during the three consecutive championships, more balls were combined to release more details of the ribs. Enrique's tactical board is a perfect combination of flank cross and rib ball, which has played the essence of two eras of Spanish football.

Spain's first goal, Cork and Pedri made the ball at the joint of the ribs, and the winger attacked after Sarabia adduced. On the other side, Phelan Torres scored the ball and then shot again. Cork got the second attack point and did it again, which allowed Gaya to shoot again. Finally, Sarabia, who was the second striker in the restricted area, made up the shot and scored the goal to equalize the score.

The Spanish group match started with two draws, which has a lot to do with busquets's absence. After the veteran came back, the team scored 1 goals in two games, and he won the best player on the spot twice in a row. According to the statistics of the knockout round of the Top 16, busquets made 114 touches and 97 passes (9% success rate), and contributed 4 steals and 4 interceptions on the defensive end.

Many people complain that busquets is slow, but in fact, his passing is very fast. This time, Rappolt passed the ball to busquets, who directly passed the ball to Pedri without stopping, allowing the Spanish to play the width of the flank attack. Enrique's team now pays great attention to the connection between two wingers. When one crosses to the sideline, the other must become a second striker at the back of the penalty area. The key problem is that these Spanish wingers are average in striker attributes this time, and the passing efficiency of the last link is not high.

Let's take a look at this attack again. After taking the ball in the middle, busquets first passed beautifully, and then passed the ball twice in a row to hit the flank space. Phelan Torres crossed to the back, but Sarabia didn't give a good return.

The most regrettable thing about this Spanish team is that Fati was seriously injured and missed the European Cup. Otherwise, with Fati's winger attribute, Enrique's tactical thinking can play a better role.

Enrique's biggest regret is not only the lack of Fati, an attacker who can make the front line qualitatively change, but also the lack of Pique Ramos' golden partner in the defense. The current central defenders, whether Rappolt, Paulo Torres or Garcia, are all seriously unqualified. In this knockout, the Spaniard's possession rate doubled and the number of shots doubled, but the expected goals were very close. Because the opponent's shooting rate is higher than 5 goals, no shot is blocked. Except for the Croat's own miss, all other shots have to be solved by the goalkeeper.

Garcia's problem is that his defensive position is too conservative, and he is seriously lacking in aggression, so he can't interfere with his opponent and make up for his own space. Plus Garcia turns around too slowly, and the opponent can't keep up with him either in strength or speed as long as he inserts forward. Another central defender, Rappolt, slipped frequently, which made people laugh and cry.

At the last moment of the game against Croatia, Spain, which led 3-1, tried to stabilize its defense but was instantly crippled by its opponent. This time, Paulo Torres failed in heading for the top, and Rappolt habitually slipped, almost giving his opponent a chance to draw. Although Kramaric was offside this time, the Spaniard was not so lucky afterwards.

Unfortunately, there is no Pique or Ramos in Spain, which is Enrique's biggest headache at present. A team that has been unable to hold a 2-goal lead is not qualified to win the championship. If Spain can't change its defensive problems, I'm afraid it's really too difficult to get back to the top of the European Cup this time. Enrique has built a nearly perfect tactical board and released the potential of every attacking player as much as possible, but he doesn't have a good defender like Driget and Defree.

In the world of football, there are many things a coach can do, or maybe not so much. After all, there is a limit to fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses, and it is really impossible to find a team that suits you best. Especially at the level of the national team.

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