The Euro had calmed things down a bit… For European competition, Luis Enrique had caused controversy, not selecting any Real Madrid player. The Madrid media and supporters of the club in the Spanish capital had it bad at the time. Then, the results and the content of the matches more or less proved the former FC Barcelona coach right, since La Roja had reached the semi-finals with a rather interesting game during the competition.
But once again, before this international break, the choices of the Asturian have been criticized enough. Only one Real Madrid player has been selected for the friendlies against Albania and Iceland: Dani Carvajal. And this, while the Merengues are in first place in the standings. Which Spanish players from Carlo Ancelotti’s squad deserved to be selected? That’s another question…
The Tenas choice makes people talk
And this weekend, another choice caused controversy. While Robert Sanchez, the substitute goalkeeper, had to leave the group because of a personal problem, Luis Enrique decided to replace him with… Arnau Tenas, Barça’s third goalkeeper who usually plays with the B team of the Catalan club in the third division. If this choice was justified by the fact that the goalkeeper was already present at Las Rozas with the Espoirs and that he had already brought in young people to cover absences in the past, it goes logically very badly in Madrid where we accuses of favoring Barça. Especially since, to make matters worse, the Barça B goalkeeper is represented by the company of Iván de la Peña and Carles Puyol, close friends of the coach.
“We asked Luis de la Fuente (Coach of Hopes, editor’s note) for a goalkeeper, and he sent us Arnau. We look a lot at the hopes, we wanted to go dig in there “, justified Luis Enrique in a press conference. On social networks, the opinions were in any case quite critical following this choice, which really disconcerted more than one Madrid resident. While the future of the coach whose contract expires after the Qatar World Cup remains unclear, he is still not unanimous on the other side of the Pyrenees.
