The day after Morocco’s surprising qualification, the Spanish press tackled the players and coach of La Roja, who had been eliminated from the World Cup.
Difficult waking up in Spain after losing on penalties to Morocco (0-0 ap, 3-0 pens) in the round of 16 of the World Cup. Experiencing an elimination as “a fiascoby the Spanish press.
Bis repetita for La Roja who leaves the World Cup just before the quarter-finals, just like in 2018. Four years ago, Spain indeed also fell after penalties (1-1, 4 tab 3) from host country Russia.
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The end for Luis Enrique?
Expectations were high after their big inaugural victory against Costa Rica (7-0), but what followed quickly calmed this enthusiasm. La Roja recorded a sad draw against Germany (1-1) before losing to Japan (2-1) to everyone’s surprise.
This Wednesday morning, the Spanish press is particularly not tender with its selection Mundo Deportivo who considers this failure as a “global knockout“.”Spain crashed again in the round of 16, unable to pierce the good Moroccan defense and get a single shot on target“, annoys the Catalan newspaper.
This elimination rings true ace to conclude Luis Enrique’s adventure on the couch. “It is over», «The Federation doubts he should continue“, explains the Madrid daily. Brand even think sothe World Cup is too bigfor Spain. Sport, it, title “Vaya Palo”, an expression used in difficult times that can be translated as “what a blow“.
This failure sounds like a “end of the cyclein almost all Spanish press. In fact, Sport is one of the few who calms things down and stays optimistic by taking care of it “There is a future“.”Pedri, Gavi, Nico Williams, Balde, Ansu… we can only keep growing. »
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