The Bryans revolutionize the Spanish Swiss Army knife

Luis de la Fuente’s Spain is a true Swiss army knife. It offers endless combinations of tools capable of solving any problem. In a match played this Monday in Tenerife that the victory achieved three days before in Denmark had turned into a kind of bowling pin, the European champion rounded off the party by beating Nati with goals from Yéremy Pino, Bryan Gil and Bryan Zaragoza, and the name of the rival they will face in the quarterfinals of the Nations League is set to be known this Friday.

Spain has every reason to worry about the team that will receive it, a team that knows how to win in a thousand ways and showing off countless faces. Paredes, Samu and Barrios entered this Monday into the family that the Haro coach has formed, expanding to 22 the number of new footballers that the Riojan has welcomed into his robust arms since he assumed the reins of an exuberant block.

With the work already completed, it was time to distribute minutes to the less common and manage the workloads of those soldiers who are used to fighting on the front line of fire. Hence, Luis de la Fuente completely modified the eleven he had at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López compared to the one he appeared three days before at the Parken in Copenhagen.

He made his second appearance with the Remiro team under the sticks. Paredes made his debut as an international in a rearguard that was completed by Cubarsí, Grimaldo and Mingueza, the latter already a full-fledged member of La Roja after having made his official debut three years ago in a friendly against Lithuania that was marked by Covid. . The baton in the center of the field was assumed by another newcomer, Casadó, along with two experienced pawns like Fabián and Pedri. As for the forward, the leading role fell to captain Morata, with Yéremy Pino and Nico Williams agitating on the wings.

In short, a renovated team in which two canaries shone, Pedri and Yéremy, eager to be prophets in their land while Ayoze, the other islander called up in this window but injured during training on Sunday, followed the events from a very distant distance. despite himself after the great game he completed in Denmark.

Tenerife was looking forward to celebrating after 28 years without seeing the Spanish team up close and the public threw themselves into the duel despite it being a somewhat devalued match since La Roja showed up with their homework done for the appointment agreed with a Switzerland fallen into disrepair. Relegated to the Nations League B and with its sights already set on the qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup, Nati used the procedure as a test bed, mixing veterans such as Ricardo Rodríguez, Freuler or Xhaka with newcomers such as Sohm and Kutesa to whom Murat Yakin wants to give flight to regenerate the competitive capacity of the Swiss. He has work ahead of him.

La Roja ruled very comfortably in a first half in which it was close to taking advantage of its forward pressure in a couple of actions in which Mvogo flirted with disaster. This Nati is too tender for a Spain so mature that they took the lead on the scoreboard after the first half hour of the game after a penalty committed by Ricardo Rodríguez on Morata. Pedri failed, to whom the captain gave the execution in response to popular clamor. Nico Williams could not take advantage of the rebound but Yéremy Pino, defender of the Canarian honor, did.

Final allocated

With a favorable scenario to please everyone, De la Fuente gave way after the intermission to Robert Sánchez and made Samu’s debut with the senior team possible. Spain lowered its pulse and paid for it. Switzerland gained strength with the local relaxation and the entry of Monteiro, an attacker of Portuguese origin who plays for Young Boys whose power made the Spanish defense very uncomfortable. Monteiro crossed the shot too far on his first attack after beating Paredes, but he did not waste his second attempt, sending the ball into the net after taking Grimaldo off the wheel and Paredes again. It mattered little because Spain is touched by a wand.

Shortly before, De la Fuente had attended the overflow of Bryan Gil with the aim of getting La Roja to put on his fatigues again and it took the Girona winger a sigh to put things back in their place, taking advantage of Switzerland’s defensive meekness. a shadow of that rocky combination that turned every fight into a visit to the dentist.

The other Bryan, Zaragoza, also broke in to agitate on the right side and Spain caressed the third with a right hand from Grimaldo after a pass from the Osasuna footballer that Mvogo blocked. Also with a shot from Pedri from the front that went high, before De la Fuente had one last gesture, removing the Tegueste player so that he would receive a standing ovation, and giving the alternative to Barrios. With Atlético’s midfielder on the pitch, a penalty from Fabián late in the game and converted by Zeqiri was about to prevent Spain from finishing the job, but Bryan Zaragoza came to the rescue of a team that was as plural as it was unstoppable.