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Luis Enrique reveals there is ONE Spain flop he wishes he had left at home for the World Cup and confesses that PSG’s Pablo Sarabia should have started as he reflects on his sacking and the team’s failures.
Former Spain coach Luis Enrique wishes he had left one of his World Cup stars at home after his team’s early exit from the tournament.
After winning their first game 7-0 against Costa Rica, Spain failed to win any of their next three games in Qatar, and was eliminated by Morocco on penalties in the round of 16. Enrique’s contract was not renewed after the tournament and he has since been replaced by Luis de la Fuente.
Enrique participated in Ibai Llanos’s Twitch stream on Monday night and revealed that he shouldn’t have picked a team member after they fell short of his expectations.
Luis Enrique saw his team fall in the round of 16 of the World Cup against Morocco
Enrique has revealed that he wishes he had left one of his players at home, as they let him down.
‘A player, but I won’t say the name. A player did not end up being what I thought and I would have exchanged him for another player’, said Enrique.
Spain was accused of being one-dimensional in their last two matches against Japan and Morocco, as they dominated possession but couldn’t do much with it.
Asked if he would have done things differently if he had had his time again, Enrique admitted he should have played more against Pablo Sarabia as he didn’t use the PSG winger until the last five minutes of Spain’s round of 16. .
I think Pablo Sarabia deserved more than the five minutes I gave him. At this point, even the headline would have. I am not one of those who takes a beating, surely we would have lost the same, but in terms of justice he deserved it.’
Enrique feels he should have played more with Pablo Sarabia after not using him in the group stage
The departure from Spain occurred at exactly the same moment as four years ago in Russia, but Enrique believes that the national team can have a bright future and has chosen Pedri as the player who has surprised him the most, even comparing the midfielder with the World Cup winner Andres. Iniesta.
‘The one who has surprised me the most is Pedri. He’s like Harry Potter… he does magic. He is crazy, I don’t know how to explain it. He surprised me but not at the same time, ”Enrique continued.
“Watching him play even in difficult moments, the player most similar to him I’ve seen is Iniesta, but he doesn’t need comparisons.”
Enrique wants Lionel Messi’s Argentina to go ahead and win the World Cup in Qatar
The World Cup has now reached the semi-final stage, with Argentina facing Croatia on Tuesday before France plays Morocco on Wednesday.
Enrique, who managed Lionel Messi at Barcelona between 2014 and 2017, wants the Argentinian midfielder to continue lifting the biggest prize in international football to cap off his remarkable career.
“I want Messi to win the World Cup, because of what Messi means to football,” he added.