The absence of offensive effectiveness disturbs his fans.. "Whistles" besiege Morata

Spain begins its campaign in the "worst way possible"

Morata was frustrated by the repeated missed opportunities against Sweden the day before yesterday.

AFP

Hamid Nouman

ÀDubai

Yesterday, the Spanish national team launched its European trip from Seville at the "La Cartoja" stadium in the worst possible way, to the extent that a large segment of its fans considered this the "worst" Spanish team for a very long time.

The Spanish team did not offer much against Sweden, and was satisfied with a goalless draw in Group E, and the most prominent point was the clear offensive sterility, as Spain did not score for the second match in a row after the friendly Portugal a week ago.

From 17 attempts, and eight shots, including five between the woods, striker Morata could not score any chance, but missed opportunities in the two halves, most notably surprisingly in the first half.

And this despite the fact that Spain possessed 75%, with 89% accuracy for passes, and 954 passes, and all this did not help her in scoring a single goal.

The protest whistles from the audience did not delay long, and focused on Morata because of the amount of missed opportunities, which made his colleague Laporte confirm to the newspaper "AS" after the end of the match, that "what Morata and some of his colleagues are subjected to is injustice from the public, and that the goals will come in the second match."

The whistles of some fans intensified as soon as Morata was replaced in the 66th minute by Pablo Sarabia, which made his coach Luis Enrique confirm in the press conference: “I have full confidence in Morata, he does great things in attack, and the goals will come, no doubt.”

It is noteworthy that Spain relied on a lineup of young players, with some veterans, most of them without experience in major tournaments, including goalkeeper Unai Simon, Lloriente, Pau Torres, Rodri, Pedri and Olmo.

Sweden was able to score on more than one occasion, through Markus Berg and Isaac.

All the headlines in the Spanish newspapers, from "AS" to "Marca" and "Sport", said that possession without goals was meaningless, and that Spain was a worrying team for its fans, and that it was in a critical situation and did not bode well for a great future.

Spain occupies the penultimate position with a point, while Slovakia tops the group, then Sweden second also with a point, and Poland fourth.

Spain attack without goals

■ The Spanish national team did not score in the second consecutive game.

■ 75% possession, 89% passing accuracy, but without any goal for Spain.

■ From five shots on goal, Spain's strikers failed to score.

■ Morata missed real chances, including a ball in the 45th minute of the first half.

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