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Cádiz is different. Even on days like yesterday, with a really annoying west wind, at the arrival of the national team bus, an hour and a quarter before the start of the game, some 1,000 people (like that, by eye) screamed and raised their mobile phones in Search of the impossible forever: a close image of the players. Then, the Cadiz fans filled the field, something that is not usual lately in the games of Robert Moreno's team. In fact, there is a lot of fear in the Federation about the appearance of the bleachers of the Metropolitan next Monday at the close against Romania.

It was like that, in a festive atmosphere, as Spain dispatched a good game, especially in the second part. The festival of goals after the break gave Ray Farrugia, the coach of Malta, such a disgust that he hit the head on the bench and the last 20 minutes passed them, dizzy, in the locker room. He went to the press conference to say, as he could, "Spain is the best team in the world right now, without a doubt." Moreover, the good of Farrugia came up and, questioned by the future role of Spain in the European Championship, he did not hesitate: "He will win the European Championship."

Robert Moreno does not think the same, something in a hurry when his colleague's phrase was referred to him. «Yes, I just crossed it and he also told me those things. Well, there are many great teams and those things have to be demonstrated in the field, ”said the coach. For the rest, and regardless of goals, debutants and this type of thing, the attention of the staff focused on the goals.

36 years later

Henry Bonello, the Maltese, did not like this double confrontation with Spain in the qualifying phase. The burden of his last name, almost 36 years later, remains too heavy, an unbearable stigma. It was his father, John, who was under the sticks in that 12-1 that, before the recent was glorious, was listed as one of the great milestones in the history of the selection.

It will not be the same seven that his son fit yesterday, but he was not funny, obviously. Both in Valletta in March and in Cadiz these days, poor Henry fled the press and the plague. So did his son yesterday, quickly through the mixed zone, with very little desire to speak. In these cases, it is best to forget it.

He will not forget the day Pau López, the goalkeeper of Rome, who debuted as a starter - the coach had promised - and had a fun night. Why? Well, because being the goalkeeper of Spain, in Cádiz, and that the opponent does not pass from the center of the field becomes a mess. In Cádiz everything becomes a mess, that's true, but in the second half, the biggest cheers went to Pau every time a defender gave him the ball, the only way he could touch it. «People have had fun with Pau, it's true. That's how nice it is, with these people it's all positive. Hopefully we always have this environment, ”said Moreno.

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