Jordi Alba returned to the starting position against Switzerland to make it clear that he should never have dropped from the eleven in the match against Croatia. The Barça player was the best and was in everything and did everything to make Spain champion before reaching the shootout, but he only lacked one killer with a goal.
Far from the poor performance of Jose Luis Gayà against the Croats, Jordi Alba is a must for this team. A footballer who is everything in terms of offensive and defensive participation for a team that the only thing that sins having a side of this magnitude is not having players capable of scoring their perfect services to the area.
Jordi Alba did not take 8 minutes to leave his mark. He picked up a past corner kick, volleyed and Zakaria was there to deflect the shot, which entered the back of the net, leading Spain on the scoreboard.
That was the perfect start for a major game for the Catalans, which forced the right wing of Spain to be a real lot. And it is that Jordi Alba absorbs the offensive plays because his incorporations are always with criteria and, when he does not take the center, he puts the appropriate pass or oxygenates with speed.
Alba could come out perfectly with three assists of the game. He gave shots throughout the game and especially in overtime. The clearest, one point-blank to Gerard Moreno, who failed in an incomprehensible way that would have changed the film.
But he was even able to do the second. Because lively and tireless, in the hundred and odd a cross shot was taken from afar that forced a good hand to Sommer, who passed them hard every time Jordi Alba placed a ball from the band.
Happy and necessary return from Alba, which is unthinkable that she will not be in Qatar after seeing what she has seen. Because it is not only that he provides experience, but in physical and football terms he is several levels higher than the vast majority.