Spain goes on vacation with joy under its arm

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Spain left on vacation with adrenaline and high spirits.

With the tranquility and calm of having found much of what she had been looking for days.

He did it with a victory against the Czech Republic, submerged in a mass bath in Malaga, thanks to the lashes of Soler and Sarabia (2-0).

He did it as the leader of his group in the League of Nations, after Portugal derailed in Switzerland.

Luis Enrique smiled at the sky, satisfied with a triumph with few things to reproach.

That's what it was about.

As a revolutionary no one beats the coach, he stood at La Rosaleda with a revolution in his starting eleven.

They only repeated regarding the recent duel in Geneva

(the player he has used the most since he became coach) and

.

He changed the defensive line from left to right, also the midfield and accompanied his striker with

and

.

After all, this League of Nations is designed to achieve a good handful of certainties ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.

Last night, in Malaga, Spain left with some.

And that, despite the initial dominance of the team, boosted by the noise and color of the enthusiastic Andalusian stands, it was the Czech Republic who first struck fear into the body.

Its three points,

,

and

, ran with the sharp fang in search of the error.

Aware, too, of Simón's early game and of some weak points that they already squeezed last week in Prague, where victory eluded them at sunset, thanks to the faith of Íñigo Martínez, who last night held the flag in the rear of Spain, after living from the bench the rough duel in Geneva.

Asensio, hooked

The Czechs pressed and it was they who could have gone ahead on the scoreboard.

tried his luck

after a quarter of an hour, with a shot from outside the area that Simón disrupted not without difficulty.

And almost immediately repeated

, who galloped midfield, after a mistake by Marcos Alonso, but Simón, Luis Enrique's untouchable, returned to save Spain, to the delirium of La Rosaleda.

He earned his last name to be chanted.

Spain had not yet calibrated the goalkeeper Mandous, who only had two caps and was the third goalkeeper for the Czechs.

From those moments of trouble, while Luis Enrique corrected the position of

, who was sought again and again by the rival battering rams, the adrenaline for Spain arose.

His first shot on goal ended in a goal.

The play was put together by

, who spread many drops of that talent it contains, and was completed by

, the midfielder who probably has the most goals in this team.

He has three in nine international games and it was he who uncorked La Rosaleda and made his team the leader, since Portugal fell in Switzerland from the dawn of their duel.

Soler has as much ammunition as he is hungry and that is good news for Luis Enrique on his way to Qatar.

His second shot, in another connection with Asensio, did not find the target.

Marco would claim a penalty on his knees that neither the Turkish

nor the VAR considered as such.

And

, despite the fact that he couldn't find balls to finish off, got tired of lowering them backwards, in the middle of that forest of piranhas that were the boots of the Czech defenders.

That is another of the virtues that the battering ram hides and that can be useful in one of those complicated nights that usually appear on the road.

Sarabia's opportunism

From the right boot of

, who suffers between his fangs, but embroiders it when he has time to raise his head, another joy could sprout for Spain.

burst

into space and Asensio sought another assistance, plenty of reasons last night.

By then the young

was jogging cheerfully and cheekily on the Malaga pitch, celebrating his entry onto the field as if Spain had scored the second.

The kid, whom Luis Enrique wanted to give a touch the day before, raised the stadium scribbling a diabolical zigzag that did not reach any destination.

La Rosaleda bellowed his name and let her hands clap as

stopped his shoe.

And in those the newcomer

appeared , opportunistic as usual in this selection where it is vital, to end the intrigue.

The play had started from Gavi, who is pure electricity, was continued by Ferran Torres and ended in another of those military salutes that have already become a classic for Luis Enrique's team.

Although there are still issues to be polished, although the World Cup still seems far away, Spain went on vacation calm and reconciled with itself, if that was necessary.

She does so as the leader of her League of Nations group.

She does, too, convinced that she has a plan.

She did it between Raphael's chords and his big night.

Because, without a doubt, yesterday she was.

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