Busquets' oasis with Spain: from his "father" Del Bosque to jokes, hugs and the pool in Qatar

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Thinking a bit about the public image he has, it's hard to think of

,

, sunbathing and joking around the pool.

It's also hard to think of him as the leader of a World Cup cheer, the guy who keeps the money and runs the show.

It's hard to even think of him letting himself be faltered by the chavalería.

Well, even if it's hard to imagine, this is the reality in Qatar of the captain of the Spanish team, disenchanted with his club, specifically with the

board of directors , and that this marvelous Morocco reaches

and

, there is nothing, like

(he will add 17).

Part by part.

says, even implores,

Busquets is in his last World Cup.

He doesn't say it, but he feels it.

"Let's see if we convince him to play the next one," he insists, and the coach really thinks so, but, realistically, it doesn't seem logical to think of something like that.

.

Perhaps because the doubt that he does not have with the World Cup in four years he does have with the Euro Cup in a year and a half in Germany.

It doesn't seem very feasible though.

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The fact is that this record comes to Busquets at

.

Without expecting it anymore, having been world and European champion and witnessing the failures of Brazil, France and Russia, he suddenly

.

Happiness is not a minor matter in someone who has already won everything and who is not moved exclusively by the desire to add trophies.

In fact, people who know him very well say that if Luis Enrique had not been the coach chosen by

in 2018, he would have left the team after that World Cup.

However,

considers the Asturian probably the best coach he has ever had, and his proposal, and his personality, seduces him.

That happiness materializes in a smiling Sergio, even a joker (within his possibilities).

told a radio yesterday that, when he (Soler) proposed the song

, by

, for the

that is heard on the bus on the way to the stadium, the captain responded in the team's

group :

.

He also expresses his state of mind in the many times he spends in the pool or sunbathing with the kids after morning training.

I decided a lot of time for the youngest:

and, above all,

They listen to you when you speak.

Actually, everyone listens to him, and respects him, and not just because he is the organizer of the porra (led by Gavi, by the way).

Busquets, in the background, during a training sessionP.

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He is happy, then, in the national team, an oasis today for him since his feelings at Barcelona are completely opposite.

and with

, because he considers that they have leaked certain things to the press to harm his image with the fans.

From the club it was whispered to friendly journalists that Busquets was not very keen on lowering his salary.

In a press conference in Geneva, with the selection, Busquets made it clear.

.

Judging by some conversations that are being heard these days in Qatar, taking advantage of the visit of some former Barça players, things have not changed much.

He will have the same offers as all the great soccer stars, but the

, for family reasons, since

, his wife, and

, his children, go with him, it is the most viable option.

He has a very good relationship with

, since the president and Sergio's father, Carlos, are close friends.

Before each game,

, the entire coaching staff and all the team assistants who can go to the locker room.

He is the one who speaks just before Luis Enrique says, now yes, the last thing before going out to play.

This is how his last stage has been in this, a very long stage

which began in April 2009 in Turkey and which was about to break in the famous first game of the World Cup in South Africa.

The defeat against Switzerland marked him, but Del Bosque came out forceful: "If I were to be a player again, I would want to be like him," he said.

The next day, in the locker room, the veterans joked with him:

.

Today, 12 years later, the former coach has not changed his opinion.

The captain jokes during a session.Q.

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"We had trouble because from Madrid they wanted Xabi and from Barcelona they wanted

. But we were clear that the balance was opting for the two of them. That gave us a knowing how to be, defensively and offensively, tremendous, in the creation of play, in transition.

. They were players who thought about the team, I have a special appreciation for them and I would have liked to be like the two good ones,"

.

He meets today against Morocco those 17 games.

With Del Bosque he played nine, with Hierro four and now with Luis Enrique three.

For all of them he has been fundamental, and this is demonstrated by the fact that

.

Only in that first game against Switzerland (he changed it in the 62nd minute after the 0-1 draw), Brazil's third game, with the team already eliminated, against Australia and on the first day in Qatar, where Luis Enrique removed it due to a free kick. 26 minutes, has not been.

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