On the way to the Six Nations

In his second game in charge of the team, Luis de La Fuente decided to turn the lineup upside down from the one he drew in Malaga against Norway. He made as many as 8 changes, the most prominent of which was in defense, since the entire line was unprecedented, and David García made his debut in it.

Although it is very clear to me that everything is debatable, and the results to a greater extent help to weigh it as positive or negative, what the coach did seems to me coherent. It is the most difficult thing to achieve global defensive cohesion in a team, it is the most difficult thing to achieve it in the national team, but the fact is that the next call will be a performance in the UEFA Nations League. Luis De la Fuente will go there with a more select group and won’t aim for a rehearsal, that’s for sure. Therefore, the coach decided to do it on stage, against a team that never lacks effort, sacrifice and aggressiveness in action. What no one expected was that Scotland would find an extra vitamin in the form of a goal in the form of a goal in the form of an untimely skid, thus amplifying all its previously mentioned qualities by a thousand.

Despite this, the team gradually turned the game towards the opposite field and added meritorious actions to equalize, although they reached the break with a defeat. After the break it got worse, the goal almost identical to the first one, Scotland 20 meters away, the changes in the team did not contribute anything and it got worse, not a single chance to score. The second half faded into holdings, falls and scrambles that occurred every time a Scottish player went to the ground. The inaccuracies and defeats of the Spanish team were countless and Scotland deservedly and fairly won a bad game for the national team. Therefore, as in the famous rugby tournament, Spain took the wooden spoon.