Few decades back, no one in their wildest imaginations could have thought that of all the national teams in the world, Spain would come and dominate the world of football.
The Spain of today is a far cry from the one that existed few decades back. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, all of their campaigns were awful as they either used to end in a humiliation or misfortune.
Surely it took them an awful lot of time to reverse that fate and turn around their fortunes in the world of football. After many trials and errors they finally figured out the ultimate formula for success.
Of course, luck and the contingency path of history has also played a huge part in their success. The most critical and significant factor was the emergence of a golden generation that is unparalleled in both talent and style.
The perfect management philosophy combined with the emergence of young talented players gave the Spaniards the killer formula that would annihilate and overcome any adverse enemy on the field. It basically transformed them into the perfect machine and finally
enabled them to overcome the inferiority complex that had plagued them in previous tournaments.
Their superiority in both style and substance is shown by their strong squad. Spain is the only team that can put on the bench, the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Juan Mata, and still overcome their opponents easily because they have Andres Iniesta and Xavi
Hernandez.
Some will laugh when they hear that Victor Valdes, who is the first goalkeeper of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 FC, are second and third for Spain in the goalkeeping department. Additionally, they can also do without the strike force of Fernando
Torres, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601 and Jesus Navas.
They are just a side that is being envied by the footballing world.
La Roja came to the Euro 2008 with the Tiki-Taka, style of play that employs short passing technique with constant movement of the ball. It is a system that allows players to interchange their positions without even their opponents realizing it.
“We have the same idea as each other. Keep the ball, create movement around and off the ball, get in the spaces to cause danger,” http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 explained.
No one could match their style and potency on the ball in 2008 Euro and as it was the year that made them end their 44-year-old wait for a trophy. Truly this was the beginning of something greater for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
The confidence and the morale boost they got from their success at the 2008 Euro success led to something that was unmatched by no national team in the history of football.
They marched on to win the 2010 World Cup and this year’s Euro. This feat of success allowed them to make history. They became the only national team in the history to win three consecutive tournaments.
La Roja just broke records after records. The same year they also became the only European country to have lifted the World Cup trophy outside of Europe. Only http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 have managed to do that before.
Many pundits, commentators and football historians consider the reigning World and European champions to be the greatest ever side in the history of football.
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