Although he has dazzled in the first games with some moments of possession that have raised the eyebrows of the Spanish fans in Berlin and Gelsenkirchenthe figures confirm that the Selection he has moderated the tiki-taka that took him to the top in the 2008-12 cycle; and, above all, it has closed the cycle of Spain of the thousand passes that crashed with a useless possession in the round of 16 of the World Cups of 2018 and 2022 with two 0-0 draws in which verticality was conspicuous by its absence.
After the second day in all groups, there are twelve teams that amass more possession than Spain, placed in 13th position with 51.5%, which is very far from the 65.5% of Germany and 62.5%. Croatia (57.5%), Ukraine (56%) and Belgium (55.5%) complete the top-5 of teams with the most possession. A somewhat misleading statistic, since the National Team has ruled the first two halves with an iron fist and Croatia and Italy were subjected to the directives of those of Luis de la Fuente.
Spain is also very far from Germany in terms of completed passes. While the Selection national has given 940, the Mannschaft has reached 1,332. TO Spain They also surpass him Portugal (1,145) Italy (1.144), Denmark (1,072), Croatia (1,049), England (1,014) and France (1,006).
And another fact that, in a selection that is not hard as Spain, speaks well of his physical tone and aggressiveness. In the second of the tournament that he commits the most fouls (31), only behind Austria (33). Luis de la Fuente’s team has made 18 more fouls than England and 17 more than Portugalwhich speaks of the defensive activity of a team that, yes, has already seen four yellow cards: two of Rodrigo and another of Le Normand and Carvajal.
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