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Guillem Balagué

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Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

But also sometimes as a midfielder, he realized that there was a lot of players.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

Yeah, and he realized that there was a lot of players that were passing the ball around.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

He was not needed in that role.

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Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

He was needed in the role of finishing actions or making runs in behind.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

And there was not a lot of that because there wasn't a lot of space and there was nobody finding him.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

So imagine you start making two or three runs, which I saw him doing.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

He wasn't found.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

And it's not that he gave up, but interestingly enough, the message he was sending to the side is like, be patient.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

Don't pass the ball just for passing it.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

Be patient.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

It will happen.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

And yet what that was doing was the opposite.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

It was slowing things down.

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Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

People didn't want to risk anything.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

They didn't want to lose the ball.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

They thought if there is a counter, we're going to be killed here.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

So all in all, we just did not find a way.

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Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

And of course, once we got perhaps the likes of Cucurella, who was the only one who understood what was going on and running behind,

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

and put crosses in, there was nobody to put crosses in too, because we didn't have that number nine that can finish action.

Football Daily
World Cup: Cape Verde Stun Spain

So it was the wrong choice of players, but let's not kill everybody just yet, because actually Ferran Torres, instead of hitting the bar, scores in the first half, it would have been a completely different game.