‘The Bryans’ are a party

It was a great night, as we all requested, including the medical teams of the clubs involved in the film. Spain closed its journey through the group stage of the Nations League with the lead and the home field advantage in the quarterfinals already in its pocket. The only thing left to do was put the finishing touch on that career with a victory against Switzerland, which had nothing at stake. La Roja won 3-2, with the final victory of the two Bryans, Gil and Zaragoza, authors of the last goals. Paredes, Samu and Barrios debuted, and no one was injured. The final wave from the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stands showed that the fans had thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Now the only thing left is for another twenty-eight years to pass until La Roja returns there.

There was a desire to see the National Team, So Nico Williams’ first break aroused shouts of admiration from the entire stands. The Athletic striker was one of the eleven new additions that the starting team offered compared to last Friday’s victory in Copenhagen. Wardrobe fund is what they call it, a quantity of resources that Luis de la Fuente has managed exemplarily to date. Murat Yakin did the same in Switzerland, where only the double pivot, occupied by Freuler and Xhaka, was recognizable. The fact of having been relegated to League B of the Nations League allows the Swiss coach to try other pieces with which to put the puzzle together again.

The great danger is that, with nothing at stake, the game would become a few wrinkled potatoes without mojo picón, something worthy of a complaint sheet being played where it was played. The first half hour only left one shot on goal for La Roja and none for the rival, but just at that moment Spain found the light of a good attack. It was Mingueza who ventured with a long pass that broke a couple of the rival’s defensive lines in one fell swoop. Morata read it perfectly, ran before Cömert, He made a hat for him and under pressure from Ricardo Rodríguez he dropped anchor as only Roberto Carlos knew how to do: just when the rival comes up behind you to try to recover the position, you brake hard. It doesn’t fail, it takes you ahead. The result was a penalty whose shot was given by Morata to Pedri before the uproar of the fans. The Blaugrana shot, Mvogo cleared, Nico finished again and the next rebound was taken advantage of by Yeremy Pino to shoot right-footed. One canary started that carom move and another finished it.

Pedri’s scare

Pedri recovered from the mistake although he immediately carried out an action in which I imagine that Hansi Flick was on the verge of falling out of his chair with fright. A slip and the subsequent stomp of an opponent caused the midfielder to writhe in pain on the grass, putting his hand to his face. Fortunately everything came to nothing, although they tell me that Flick decided to watch the rest of the game comfortably sunk on the sofa.

The desire that the fans had to see new faces led to De la Fuente to bring on Robert Sánchez for Remiro and Samu for Morata at the restart. Ten minutes later it was Bryan Gil who entered the scene, with the predictable carousel of turns and dribbles along the same wing that Nico Williams had occupied until then. But the first to hit was none other than Joel Monteiro, who had come into play at half-time. The Young Boys Swiss striker surpassed Grimaldo in speed and later beat Paredes in the melee to beat Robert Sánchez with a low shot.

Of course, Bryan Gil needed to show the hunger he has, his tireless work in defense and his fang in attack. The Catalan was the smartest in the yard and invented a goal where there was only tedium, the indecision of the Swiss defenders against a ball without an owner inside the area. Bryan took a step forward and in the face of Cömert’s opposition he unleashed a left foot that left Mvogo in the mold. It’s a pity that shortly after we witnessed the clumsy penalty committed by Fabián on Sierro. Zeqiri launched it and scored it, deceiving Robert Sánchez. But the final drumbeat was missing, again with the sound of a penalty. It was already in the extension, in the 92nd minute, when Bryan Zaragoza gave away a couple of dribbles that ended in a maximum penalty. He launched it himself. There it was 3-2. It was the last photo of a night to which we asked for health and celebration. Both things were fulfilled.

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