Luis Enrique, or when Spain is one man

• Luis Enrique "I wish I could guarantee the country that we are going to win the World Cup"

• Portugal - Spain Reasons to believe and reasons to doubt

• Classification.

  This is the group from Spain

There is a curious phenomenon in communication in football.

For some time now, it is very difficult to see presidents (

etc.) speak to the media, much less grant interviews.

In parallel, the exposure of the footballers has also been declining, the boys being much more open to the use of new languages ​​than to answering a battery of more or less demanding questions.

Thus,

, and it is from them that an opinion is expected not only regarding the team itself, but also on matters of the club's own functioning or, in many other cases, on current affairs.

In the case of selection, this trend has been accentuated in recent years.

But with nuances.

For example, in the Federation

does not usually speak either, although it was not always so.

After the start of his mandate in which he publicly responded to all the attacks, his communication advisers have convinced him to keep his exposure small and controlled.

Also, a few months ago he hired a spokesman to say what he doesn't want to say and in the way he can't say it.

On the footballers' side, it turns out that Las Rozas is almost the only place where players are allowed to respond to journalists in individualized interviews, although the low profile of the vast majority of them, and the refusals of the stars (in his moment

, today

) result in a situation identical to that of the clubs: the coach is the unofficial spokesperson for the Federation, and in this case, the role comes to accentuate the main role played by Luis Enrique since 2018 , a role underlined after reaching the semifinals of the European Championship: the Asturian is the undisputed leader of the national team... and of the Federation.

For example, nobody has complained about his latest idea, which was to buy a communications system so that he, with a

,

.

As there were no qualms about buying a giant screen and mounting it under the already famous scaffolding that he uses to direct the training sessions at the concentration last March.

Stuff from 'Fight'

Nor has anyone, not even in Human Resources, said a word when they have been deciding to dispense with some of their assistants (

...).

Everything that Luis Enrique does is well done, and in a certain way all the Federation's levels, beyond the pitch, trust him.

For example, it was he who came out to publicly defend Rubiales when the information from

began .

«

.

I am not only basing myself on the fact that I know the president and his way of acting.

As an assembly member, I confirm that the Federation has the highest standards of transparency and there is spectacular management », were his words on May 23 last.

That is why these days in Las Rozas they have continued to scrutinize him to see if he will continue after the World Cup or not.

No one dares to ensure neither one thing nor the other.

, they insist in the Federation, where everyone prays that he decides to continue, because the project, with a president permanently questioned (and for whom the Government umbrella nobody knows how long it will last), and with some unknown players, he only has him to guarantee a minimum of attention.

Conforms to The Trust Project criteria

Know more

• Spain National Soccer Team

• football

• Luis Enrique

• Portugal National Soccer Team