Paul Ballus
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617 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 10 Jul
Paul Ballus’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And yeah, in the place that he really wants to be, which is among the best players in the world.
Yeah, no, I think that are two very different moments or like several different moments.
I think that this was the end of a really successful cycle, really successful players and in a difficult squad to manage possibly.
If we speak about the World Cup of 2014 and 2018, Spain also had
A bit of a mess going around with managers.
I remember in the Russia World Cup when Julian Lopetegui was expected to be the manager, but he was sacked just before the start of the tournament.
Fernando Hierro took over.
It was a bit of a mess overall.
And I think that Spain has gone through this change of guard, this change of generation.
Luis Enrique led that.
I think that he was really unlucky on the last World Cup when he was knocked out by Morocco on the penalties.
Spain did the game, in my opinion, possibly just to be a bit more lucky, but they weren't.
And this change of guard has been consolidated, re-established by Luis de la Fuente and by the amount of talent that the team has.
I think that Spain have been clever into trusting these young players and giving them the importance that they need and the platform to shine, which is something that I think that other national teams have still possibly not found.
Yeah, no, I think that things still can go wrong.
There's the fact that, as we were mentioning, Jamal doesn't arrive in top form.
Let's see how he settles into the tournament.
Nico Williams is in the same frame.
He's not in top form.
Let's see how he starts on the first game.
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