The man of destiny. In the good, like tonight, and in the badas on the occasion of semifinal lost against Italy in the last European championships, when he scored the goal of the provisional advantage, then equalized by his then partner Federico Chiesa, and missed the decisive penalty in the final lottery: in spite of everything, to take the covers in Spain is always Alvaro Morata, harshly criticized but also raised. He, theA true centre-forward, in the land of false 9s.
GUARDIOLA, THE FALSE 9 AND SPAIN – Pep Guardiola said: “My centre-forward is space”but City wanted Haaland. Luis Enrique thinks the same when he lines up Ferran Torres and Asensio, but then the match against Germany is unlocked by him, the former Juve substitute. That of the attacker is a role often reviled and criticized, but that in modern football it is still often decisive: even in Spain, the first country to decide that it could even do without itdespite the triumphs came in the era of Fernando Torres and David Villa.
THE CRITICISM, LUIS ENRIQUE AND A COUNTRY AGAINST – Best player of Spain-Germany, on the net 8 minutes after entering the field. Overall for him two goals in 69 minutesafter the one with Costa Rica: “I’m not interested in playing more or less than the others. I’m in the World Cup: it doesn’t matter if I don’t have to play more, I’m interested in winning it. Luis Enrique helped me a lot. It is hard to explain. He trusted me in the most difficult moment, not only in my career, because I have had other difficult moments, but also in my personal life. I felt I had a whole country against me, it was a very difficult situation and he stood there and defended me against everyone. I’m just trying to give him back the trust and everything he’s done for me”.
THE MAN ON THE COVERS – These words testify the kind of bond that exists between the Atletico Madrid striker and his coachwho supported him even after the scorching elimination from the last European e protected him from the furious criticism of football fans Red Furies. The shadow of the accusations, the shadow of the false 9, but in the end the man of destiny is always him, with Japan and the second round in the sights, to take the covers again.
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