Nor fails. As soon as the results are not the best, the usual voices jump: There is no plan B, football is now more physical, you have to play more direct … It is of little use to have won titles with the previous generation. Two draws are enough to bring out the style. And with what it cost us to find, the style should be sacred.
For the newcomers, Spain spent decades searching for a personality beyond the fury, the claw, the image of Camacho in Mexico with the bandage on his head, like Jacinto Quincoces. The few joys of the national team did not come from outbursts, but from good generations of footballers who formed andcomplete teams, balanced, with character and with good play. So it was in the France Euro 84, the clearest choice of title until 2008, a selection full of talent (Arkonada, Francisco, Gallego, Señor) together with the push of Camacho, Víctor or Camacho.
The absolute selection found its identity with Luis Aragonés. The lower teams had already shown that change, especially with the U-20 in the Nigeria World Cup. The plan worked with that generation that we thought was eternal. And now that we have a hard time winning we want to be like France, like Belgium, change the style, look for strong and direct types, as if they could be manufactured. Go back to other times, when we wanted to be other. That didn’t work for us.
Better insist, be flexible. Trust and don’t give up. Above the result. Let no one forget that to get to Vienna before you had to go through Hannover, due to the defeat against France. When it asked for more physicality and more claw. Luckily Luis (Aragonese) did not change the plan.
Manuel Neuer, with his rainbow bracelet, in the game against Hungary.
Blessed Neuer bracelet
UEFA has the habit of getting into lawsuits without coming to mind. He opened a file on Manuel Neuer for wearing a rainbow bracelet that will gain relevance before Hungary due to the homophobic measures of the Magyar government. As if it were a political provocation to defend the rights of a persecuted group. Instead of investigating Neuer, he must have aligned himself with his gesture. UEFA once again lost another golden opportunity to be on the right side.