Spain's promising victory at Wembley




The second time (of nine) that Spain won at Wembley will go down in history as the debut of Luis Enrique, to which the wink on the Reconquista in the previous - yesterday was the Day of Asturias - went round. It is not that Spain was a great thing, it is not that it passed through one of the cathedrals of football overwhelming, far from it, in fact it suffered the unspeakable in the last ten minutes, but it obtained a triumph, with all the nuances, that goes to allow to reinforce itself in the long road that awaits you if you want to occupy again the steps that were once yours. This Spain is distinguished from his past Saul, the man of the game, and De Gea, recovered with hands, and feet, shocking. The two were the main difference with a recent past that has not gone away completely. [Narration and statistics (1-2)] Of the eleven who started, only Marcos Alonso was not in Russia. The rest yes, confirming that Spain has what it has. It is not little, but it has what it has. The changes of Luis Enrique were perhaps very striking in the call, with 11 who were not in the World Cup, but at the moment of truth, in the first eleven of a new era, all but one were familiar faces. So things, and removing the left side, the novelty was that the selection tried to pressure the Pickford himself, hallmark acquired with Lopetegui but forgotten in the months before the meeting in Russia and the World Cup. True that appeared in the field two players who did not participate, or hardly did, in that disagreeable appointment. Saul and Rodrigo. The two of them, plus the good (normal) version of Dani Carvajal, improved the appearance of the patient, as such was the condition of Spain. Precisely in that high pressure were born the greatest efforts. When England managed to overcome the first line of siege, running back was a break. In one of those, a wonderful move by Kane against Ramos in midfield cleared the way for Shaw. The driver, with the band open, put another wonderful ball that allowed Rashford's shot against De Gea.