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It is very difficult to hold without errors in a place like the coach. Beyond those that can be committed, or not, in the field, facing the microphones guarantees almost daily mistakes. This Monday, Robert Moreno missed one. They asked him about Sergio Busquets , if it was irreplaceable. And he said: « No one here is irreplaceable. Not even me . Beyond the obvious, the answer put on the table the debate that surrounds the Spanish team for a long time, greening after Saturday's game in Norway . The football state of Busquets, mixed with the figure of Rodrigo (the City) , make an inescapable question: Can you play together? What's more, should they play together?

The double pivot was a hallmark of Spain from 2009 to 2014. From a friendly in Macedonia (August 2009) in which the team, then led by Vicente del Bosque , was skinned in the first half by a minor rival. That day, Del Bosque removed Xabi Alonso at the break to get Busquets. The next game, he thought he put them together better, the team put five in Belgium and ... And until 2014 , when after the World Cup disaster, Xabi Alonso left the team forever.

Since then nobody has been a companion of Busquets. Fixed companion, it is understood. Between 2014 and 2016, Del Bosque tried to combine Barca's midfielder with Koke , especially, but also with Thiago , even with Isco ... Nothing, there was no way. After the European Championship in France, Lopetegui arrived and after Lopetegui Luis Enrique, and after Luis Enrique , Robert Moreno. All with 4-3-3 by flag. Busquets ( today 31 years ), as the only axis. And the past, it seems obvious, was better than the present. Of course, Rober Moreno wanted to defend his player and explained, in a very didactic way, his point of view.

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«I do not have the perception that it is so far from its best version. He is strong in what is strong : coming out of pressure and starting the game, offering solutions to his teammates, avoiding the pressure, but for that to look, he must have pass solutions, and there he is strong. Now, if you have to be good at 80 meter transitions running backwards, we are wrong. Evidently in that it is not good ”, explained the national coach, who changes changes for this Tuesday before Sweden after not being happy with himself with the changes of last Saturday in Oslo .

The truth is that, since the World Cup in Russia, Busquets has started seven times and Rodri has three times. They have never started a clash together , although yes, like the other day, they have shared a few minutes at specific times. Does Moreno think of it as an option? He replies: «We have both classified as pivots, but Busi played as interior sometimes. I do not rule out that they can play together, because we play with a 4-3-3, but in the end it is a lie , when the ball starts to roll the players move and can become a 4-2-3-1 ... », Explained the coach, angry at the 71 balls that gave the team wrong the other day , for the loss of control, of tranquility in the last minutes. A chaos similar to that of Macedonia in 2009, which ended in a World Cup.

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