With Del Bosque facing a lot of selection crises, and a lot of problems in choosing the right formation, let’s take a look at what he might opt for in the Euro 2012.
Since Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601 might also be mandatory.
David Silva has enjoyed a phenomenal season at the English Premier League club, Manchester City.
During the start of the season, Silva singlehandedly helped the Manchester-based side to remain on top of their game and towards the end of the season, he helped them achieve their end-of-year targets, and they were crowned as the champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749.
With all these four players being integral to the Spanish national team, there is no doubt that the Real Madrid star, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045, will also be very crucial for Vicente del Bosque. Why is Alonso important?
This is because not only is Alonso good at making tackles, his role behind the attacking midfielders is very crucial. Moreover, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 is the only player who is used to of playing in a 4-2-3-1 formation where the attack is built from the back but the midfield
is divided into two parts, where two players play behind the attacking midfield.
Starting from the goalkeeper, there is no doubt that the Real Madrid and Spanish national team’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815, is going to lead from the back and stand between the two posts to guard his goal.
Since http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 will not be fit enough to feature in this year’s Euro, it is going to be extremely hard for Del Bosque to chose a perfect back four.
For now, the Spanish coach has only a handful of options.
First, Del Bosque can play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Arbeloa-c5282 in the right-back role.
Second, in order to keep applying Ramos’ attacking threat on the right flank, Del Bosque can easily opt for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-c30652 Albiol to play in the centre-back position while Ramos can stick to the right-back position.
Another option could be Martin Montoya, who has shown that he can play in a team like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, and the Spanish national team call up was not a surprise; in fact, he deserved it.
However, playing Montoya is going to be a huge risk as the left-back position is already left vacant by the experienced Capdevilla and the Valencia star, Jordi Alba might be the one replacing the former Villarreal player in the left-back position.
Analyzing all of the options above, it is true that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique in the centre-back position.
The two might not be the best defensive partners in the world, but coming from having great seasons individually, they might be solid enough to block any attacking line-up in Europe.
The right-back position can be taken by the experienced Alvaro Arbeloa, who has performed for Real Madrid time and time again in the absence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-Carvalho-c30973, as Ramos took the centre-back position in the Madrid-based club as well.
The left-back position belongs only to the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordi-Alba-c19111. Despite his young age he has earned the first-team slot as he showed the world what he is capable of throughout the season and he is the player who is currently under the radar of many
elite European clubs.
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