Luis Enrique and his phobias. The most controversial call-up for the European Championship
The most striking thing is the absence of Sergio Ramos and Nacho. Madrid fans are very upset. For the first time in history there is no Real Madrid C.F. player in the Spanish national team for a transcendental event such as the European Nations Cup.
Historically, the analysis of the call-up has always been critical of the coach. We know that in Spain there are many millions of coaches.
But this time there are obscure or not very credible motives. Normally two or three absences or inclusions were the object of criticism. In this call-up there are many doubts: in all the lines, in the absences, in the inclusions and, most strikingly, in the Spanish teams and in the friendships or enmities of the coach.
It's curious that the coach only fielded captain Sergio Ramos for a few minutes so that he could get more international caps, showing his complicity with him, and now he leaves him out because of the few minutes he has played. On the other hand, he is bringing Eric Garcia who has not played for City for many months. In a few days we will not see him play in the final of the Champions League because he is not a starter in his team.
It is very curious that he does not bring Nacho, a Madrid centre-back who has shown a very high level in matches against Liverpool, Chelsea or Barcelona. For the majority of the fans, whether they are madridistas, culés or atléticos, no centre-back is better than Nacho.
Laporte is hastily nationalised. A player who always declared his intention to play for France and considers himself French. He plays as a substitute for Guardiola.
Is his Madrid-phobia true? And will it be true that he doesn't bring Iago Aspas because of his bad start for Celta when he was coach. Let's hope we don't miss goals at the Euros, because the Galician's 14 goals are considerably more than Morata's 11, Traoré's 2, Sarabia's 6, Dani Olmo's 5 or Ferran Torres' 7. A great injustice to the Galician.
The same case with Eric Garcia is the case with Ferran Torres, they are not starters at City. Their coach is Pep Guardiola, a great friend of Luis Enrique ....
But not only these two players do not play regularly in their teams, Sarabia, Laporte or Morata do not play either. Others play and have only scored two goals, like Adama Traoré. Not enough for a Spanish striker. Marcos Llorente has more goals and includes him as a defender ....
Does Diego Llorente, a Madrid youth player currently at Leeds United, deserve to go to the Euro more than Nacho? With all due respect to Diego who is a great player. He has never played a Champions League game in his life. It is a great injustice to the Madrid centre-back who can also play at right-back or left-back.
Luis Enrique has surprised everyone with his call-up. We will see. Time will prove him right or wrong. Rubiales, as is normal, will have had no influence whatsoever on the decision not to take any Real Madrid player. No one doubts that. Just like the controversial decisions of the VAR. The "Superliga" has no influence on this.
Let's hope that the red team in this Euro will be the one of all Spaniards!