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«We are like in 2006». The phrase, which comes from the bowels of the Federation, tries to oppose optimism to the reality of the national team. In what sense? Easy. In 2006, after losing precisely in Sweden - in the first game without Raúl González -, the group then led by Luis Aragonés , and in which they played Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Villa, Torres , etc ... looked like a drifting ship .

Like today, the team accumulated criticism from almost every watchtower. As today, after the matches, it generated, at best, a feeling very similar to indifference. In fact it was, and is, indifference. That group would end, less than two years later, being European champion and inaugurating the best time of Spanish football. This ... Well, this one doesn't look like it, but since football is unpredictable, and since there is no opponent - not even France - that exhibits a supremacy like Spain and Germany did, well who knows ... Yes, elements in Against has many.

The president's character

Those who treat him in the short distance say that Luis Rubiales is noble. However, the figure of the president, from an observation post, is perceived as that of someone belligerent. Since his arrival, a year and a half ago, he has opened conflicts with the LaLiga, with Mediapro, with the AFE (where he faces David Aganzo , whom he appointed as successor), and perhaps these three institutions can be thought of as a whole anti-Rubiales , as they defend in the Federation, but neither do they help to sustain such an argument the clashes, sonorous, with Adidas, with women's football, with futsal and with some territorial federations. The president is not perceived as a conciliatory person, around which it is easy to gather good feelings. Without going to the bottom of the issues, who is right and who is not in each case, that image does not help a minimum empathy with the body. It is true that neither Villar , nor Luis Aragonés, awoke better feelings in his day.

A bench under the magnifying glass

"I guess we will have screwed up many chronicles," said Robert Moreno after the game. «As much as I fall badly or well, I am the coach and that is what I play. How sad it is to think that there may be people who want you to go wrong, ”he insisted. The coach feels that he is under the magnifying glass, and in that he is right. And he also feels that there are many people who want him to do badly, but in that he is no longer right. It is a fact his lack of experience and, logically, that generates lack of illusion in the general public, for which he, Moreno, is still an unknown. Not a bad thing. Not good. An unknown. With all of that implies.

Dull players

What is written about the coach is valid for the players. Many of them are completely unknown to the general public. Of this last citation, several ( Pau Torres and Luis Alberto are the most striking cases) could walk through the Puerta del Sol without being disturbed. Among the last embers of the great generation ( Ramos , Busquets ) and the new, European sub'21 champions ( Ceballos , Fabián , Oyarzabal ) a generation has been lost: Isco , Koke , Thiago ... they are known players already, yes, but inconsequential since 2014 marked the beginning of the revolution. Joining this time of transition is especially difficult, and out there, for a job that is followed day by day in the clubs and in the national team it is barely seen four times a year, the magic of (almost) everyone's team goes away.

The distance from the public

In this last concentration, all the trainings in Madrid (four) were behind closed doors. The Federation, in addition, is clear that the concentration for the European Championship will be outside of Spain (the north of Portugal and the center of Europe are shuffled). It does not seem the best idea to keep the team away from the fans now that the results are not enough, not even far enough, to maintain interest.

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