Football is almost a religion in Spain under normal circumstances, but not at a time when the country southwest of the Pyrenees is captivated by the 14th title of Rafael Nadal at the French Open. And especially at the moment when La Furia Roja will not show any dazzling spectacle in the League of Nations match in Eden (2: 2). “The final result will leave another mountain of doubt,” marches Marco’s online portal.
The journalist of the prestigious Spanish newspaper acknowledges that after Nadal’s epoch-making triumph on Roland Garros, it is difficult to find positives in the performance of the national football team.
“Returning to planet Earth, everything that would happen in Eden would be small. It would be a grain of dust on Everest world sport,” wrote Jose Luis Hurtado.
In his commentary, he evidently longed to stay in space for a while, as the analysis of the League of Nations match grafted Nadal, 36, into the fourteenth victory campaign in Paris.
“It was played without kings, presidents, models, actors, singers or legendary personalities of the sport.Due to the absence of clay in Prague, there was grass in the stadium and we had an opponent who plays the same on all surfaces. But Spain still tightened its headband in a hair for a new match. A juice was waiting for him, which was known to take care of returning all the balls without much risk. ”
According to Marcy, however, it was the home team who were the first to “break through” Spain, when Pešek hit in the 5th minute. On the contrary coach Luis Enrique’s stars didn’t do much in the first forty-five minutes. The guests kept the ball, combined, but barely got into the chances.
“The sad first half has almost escaped. With already soiled socks and on the way to the locker room for vitamins we caught the ball in space and Gavi placed it with his left foot away from Vaclík’s gloves, “Hurtado described the equalizer.
One of the turning points was to be a triple substitution in the 61st minute, which sent three heavy weights to the field: Sergio Busquetse, Álvaro Moratu and Mark Asensio. And it was the Real Madrid shooter who briefly aimed only at Vaclík’s goal post.
“He hit the balloon in the wood with the first blow. The leftists are simply unpredictable – like McEnroe, Vilas or a certain Rafa,” a Spanish journalist did not let Nadal’s line go.
Jan Kuchta did not forget to appreciate the great lob, but overall the match aroused strong embarrassment in the Spaniards. “The Prague Open ended in a draw. And the final result will leave another mountain of doubt,” he added bitterly.
A ridiculous version of Spain
Other media were not so original in the evaluation of the match, but they also spared no criticism. El País points out that the 2010 world champions were saved by Iñig Martínez’s goal in the 90th minute.
“England, France, Croatia or Spain – these are teams that increase the credit of friendly matches thanks to the format of the League of Nations. Opponents who do not have such resonant names have their moments. So the Czech Republic was the Czech Republic and Spain was just a ridiculous version of Spain, “the daily wrote.
El Mundo introduced the headline “Anxiety in Prague for ‘enriquitos’ “, playing with the name of coach Luis Enrique when designating the Spanish national team.
“We saw exhausted team in deplorable physical condition. A party that could not cope with the Czech team, which ran with maximum commitment and which disbanded Spain with two counterattacks. “
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